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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Guînes

Population
  
1,440 (1999)

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Calais

Area
  
18.36 km²

Local time
  
Friday 7:45 AM

Licques

Intercommunality
  
Communauté de communes des Trois Pays

Weather
  
8°C, Wind NW at 10 km/h, 87% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 62850 Licques, France

Geography

A farming village located 24 km south of Calais in the valley of the Hem, at the junction of the D191 and D215 roads. It is a large producer of turkeys and other fowl.

Places of interest

  • The eighteenth-century château de Cahen.
  • The ruins of the château of Courtebourne.
  • Vestiges of the 11th century Premonstrate abbey, nowadays the parish church.

    • References

    Licques Wikipedia
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