Setques

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

Setques
Commune
The town hall of Setques
Coat of arms
Location of Setques
Setques Setques
Coordinates: 50°42′45″N 2°09′34″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Lefebvre
Area ^1	3.89 km^2 (1.50 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	608
• Density	160/km^2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62794 /62380
Elevation	32–115 m (105–377 ft) (avg. 55 m or 180 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

Setques is located some 8 miles (13 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D211 and D342 roads, in the valley of the Aa river. Junction 3 of the A26 autoroute is only a mile away.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	547	—
1975	502	−1.22%
1982	538	+0.99%
1990	627	+1.93%
1999	627	+0.00%
2007	631	+0.08%
2012	634	+0.09%
2017	608	−0.83%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE