Quesques

Quesques Kesseke
Commune
The main road of Quesques
Coat of arms
Location of Quesques
Quesques Quesques
Coordinates: 50°42′15″N 1°56′01″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Paul Saint Maxent
Area 1	13.73 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	720
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62678 /62240
Elevation	67–211 m (220–692 ft) (avg. 101 m or 331 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quesques (French pronunciation: [kɛk]; West Flemish: Kesseke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulogne.

Geography

Located in the north of the Pas-de-Calais department, Quesques is a rural commune where the coastal river Liane has its source and is located, as the crow flies, 8  km northeast of the commune of Desvres and 23  km east of the commune of Boulogne-sur-Mer (attraction area and arrondissement capital).

The territory of the commune borders those of seven communes. The bordering communes are Escœuilles, Alquines, Brunembert, Coulomby, Lottinghen, Selles and Seninghem.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	569	—
1975	542	−0.69%
1982	481	−1.69%
1990	542	+1.50%
1999	559	+0.34%
2007	570	+0.24%
2012	618	+1.63%
2017	676	+1.81%
2023	720	+1.06%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department