department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of
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 ...
, in the northern French region of
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 ...
Situated some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer at the D148 and D128 crossroads.
Population
History
An important castle was built here in 1231 by the Count of Boulogne.
Hucqueliers was the centre of resistance during the Lustucru revolt in 1662.
Places of interest
* The chateau, now an educational establishment.
* The church of St. André, dating from the fifteenth century.
* The eighteenth century Manoir de la Longeville.