Tilques (; vls, Tileke) is a

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in the

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region in northern

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. The placename derives from

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: ''Tilleke''.

Geography

Tilques is located 4 miles (6 km) north of

Saint-Omer Saint-Omer (; vls, Sint-Omaars) is a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in France. It is west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais, and is located in the Artois province. The town is named after Saint Audomar, ...

, at the D214 and D943 road junction. Map commune FR insee code 62819

Population

The population of the commune is older than the departmental average: as of 2019, the rate of people aged over 60 years (26.5%) is higher than the departmental rate (25.0%), and the rate of people aged under 30 years (32.7%) is lower than the departmental rate (36.6%).Évolution et structure de la population en 2019: Pas-de-Calais
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Places of interest

* The thirteenth-century château d'Ecou at Tilques, which was rebuilt in the 15th century *The church of the Sacred Heart. Its nave was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Charles Leroy, the architect of the Basilica of Notre Dame de la Treille in Lille. The castle dates from the thirteenth century, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 it belonged to Adrian Cross Lord of Wasquehal. The mid-eighteenth century, it belonged to Andre de Martigny, then Guislain of Herbais and Family Taffin Tilques who kept two centuries.

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