Clarques

Clarques is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Augustin.[2] Its population was 310 in 2017.[1]

Clarques
Part of Saint-Augustin
Chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Clarques
Clarques Clarques
Coordinates: 50°38′50″N 2°16′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Commune	Saint-Augustin
Area ^1	6.96 km^2 (2.69 sq mi)
Population  (2017)[1]	310
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	62129
Elevation	29–97 m (95–318 ft) (avg. 66 m or 217 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated 8 miles (13 km) south of Saint-Omer, on the D190 and D192 road junction. The A26 autoroute passes by the commune just 200 yards (180 m) away.

Population

Historical population of Clarques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	234	254	238	206	231	233
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The remains of two abbeys: The Benedictine abbey of Saint-Jean-au-Mont, founded in 1080 by Hubert, Bishop of Thérouanne, was destroyed in 1537 during military operations and the community took refuge at Ypres. The other abbey was founded in 1131 as an Augustinian (Premonstratensian order) by Milon, Bishop of Thérouanne, which survived until the French Revolution.
• A watermill
• A chateau

The present chateau was built in the early 1780s by Augustin Titelouze de Gournay, a king's musketeer, before his marriage to Marie-Therese de Feuchin in 1788. The house was enlarged in 1905 by Joseph de Gournay from the plans of architect Lillois Vilain, adding the protruding wings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2017, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2015 (in French)

• INSEE commune file