commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
region of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Artois
Artois ( ; ; nl, Artesië; English adjective: ''Artesian'') is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km2 and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras (Dutch: ''Atrecht'') ...
, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the
Créquoise
The river Créquoise (; pcd, Créquoése) is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche
The river Canche (; nl, Kwinte) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of sout ...
, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area.
Population
Coat of arms
The Créquy coat of arms is derived from 'ardentis quercus robur mythicon' ('the flaming oak of myth').
The aforementioned oak was a particularly fine example of the genus, with particularly impressive girth, which was a popular gathering point for visitors around the summer solstice (ambiguous; dates of recorded assemblages are sporadic & the solstictic link may be happenchance).
The tree was said to have spontaneously combusted during one convocation, henceforth the legend was born.
Notable people
*The
Créquy family
Créquy (often spelled Créqui) is a French noble family which originated in Artois.
Origins
The family took its name from the small lordship of Créquy, in present-day Pas-de-Calais. According to some authors, its genealogy goes back to the ...