Bayenghem-lès-Éperlecques (, literally ''Bayenghem
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Éperlecques
Éperlecques (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
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''; ) is a
commune in the
Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...
department in the
Hauts-de-France
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region
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in northern
France
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.
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Geography
The village is located some northwest of Saint-Omer
Saint-Omer (; ; Picard: ''Saint-Onmé'') 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 Sa ...
, on the D221 road, close to the D943
and the A16 autoroute
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The motorway, which has a total length of , starts at a junc ...
.
Population
Sights
* The eighteenth century church of St. Wandrille.
* Traces of a motte-and-bailey
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castle.
See also
*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
External links
Official Regional Tourist Office website
Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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