Chocques

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

Chocques
Commune
The church of Chocques
Coat of arms
Location of Chocques
Chocques Chocques
Coordinates: 50°32′33″N 2°34′26″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Béthune
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yvon Massart
Area ^1	7.95 km^2 (3.07 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,881
• Density	360/km^2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62224 /62920
Elevation	18–70 m (59–230 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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

Chocques is a farming village by the banks of the river Clarence, some 3 miles (4.8 km) west of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D70 and the N43 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by a half-mile away.

Population

Historical population of Chocques

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	3507	3736	3447	3221	2990	2918
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

This exquisite reliquary, dating to the early fifteen century, originated from Chocques. It can be seen in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam.

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• The remains of an 11th-century castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

• INSEE commune file