Country France Department Pas-de-Calais Intercommunality Pays de Saint-Omer Area 7.29 km² Population 947 (1999) | Region Hauts-de-France Canton Saint-Omer-Nord Time zone CET (UTC+1) Local time Saturday 3:02 AM Arrondissement Saint-Omer | |
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Tilques is a commune in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.
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Map of 62500 Tilques, France
Geography
Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction, in the Pas-de-Calais department..
Population
Age pyramid
The population of the town is relatively young. The rate of people age over 60 years (18.4%) is indeed lower than the national rate (21.6%) and county rate (19.8%). Like the national and departmental allocations, the female population of the town is larger than the male population. Rate (51.2%) is of the same order of magnitude than the national rate (51.6%).
The distribution of the population of the town is by age, in 2007, as follows:
48.8% males (0–14 years = 20.6%, from 15 to 29 years = 16.5%, from 30 to 44 years = 21.4%, from 45 to 59 years = 22.7%, more 60 years = 18.7%); 51.2% of women (0–14 years = 19.6%, from 15 to 29 years = 19.6%, from 30 to 44 years = 21.1%, from 45 to 59 years = 21.6%, over 60 years = 18.1%).
Places of interest
The arms of emblazon Tilques is as follows:
money to the three heads of Moorish sand twisted field.
Sites and Monuments
The church of the Sacred Heart whose bell tower is considered the little brother of CeuI the cathedral of Saint-Omer and the nave was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Charles Leroy, the architect of the Cathedral Basilica of Notre- Lady of the Lattice-Lille.
The castle dates from the thirteenth century listening, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 he belonged to Adrian Cross Lord of Wasquehal.
The mid-eighteenth century, it belonged to Andre de Martigny, then Guislain of Herbais and Family Taffin Tilques who kept two centuries.