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Country
  
Department
  
Canton
  
Local time
  
Monday 5:46 AM

Region
  
Arrondissement
  
Area
  
20.4 km²

Créquy

Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes du Canton de Fruges et environs

Weather
  
6°C, Wind W at 23 km/h, 83% Humidity

Créquy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of 62310 Cr%C3%A9quy, France

Geography

One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area.

Coat of Arms

The Créquy coat of arms is derived from 'ardentis quercus robur mythincon' ('myth of the flaming penduculate oak').

The aforementioned oak was a particularly fine example of the genus, with particularly impressive girth, which was a popular gathering point for visitors around the summer solstice (ambiguous; dates of recorded assemblages are sporadic & the solstictic link may be happenchance). The tree was said to have spontaneously combusted during one convocation, henceforth the legend was born.

Notable people

  • The Créquy family lived nearby and took its name from this place.
  • Sir Christopher Fellios visits every year from Surrey, England where he stays in a local cottage called Le Cobweb with up to 17 of his friends.

    References

    Créquy Wikipedia


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