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Ecquedecques Eskeldeke
Commune
The town hall and school of Ecquedecques
Coat of arms
Location of Ecquedecques
Ecquedecques Ecquedecques
Coordinates: 50°33′42″N 2°26′56″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Rosemonde Mullet
Area 1	2.63 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	511
• Density	194/km2 (503/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62286 /62190
Elevation	26–75 m (85–246 ft) (avg. 33 m or 108 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ecquedecques (French pronunciation: [ɛkdɛk]; West Flemish: Eskeldeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village some 9 miles (14 km) southwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D185 and the D185E roads. The A26 autoroute passes by just a few yards from the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	428	—
1975	399	−1.00%
1982	420	+0.74%
1990	410	−0.30%
1999	407	−0.08%
2007	476	+1.98%
2012	491	+0.62%
2017	513	+0.88%
2023	511	−0.07%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department