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Marquise, Pas-de-Calais

Marquise (French pronunciation: [maʁkiz] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Marquise is a farming, quarrying and light industrial town, situated some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191, D231 and D238 roads. The river Slack flows through the commune, as does the A16 autoroute. Marquise-Rinxent station has rail connections to Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer.

History

Part of the Flemish-speaking territory until 1346, Marquise became an English county under King Edward III after the battle of Crécy and the hexagonal bell-tower goes back to the English period. In 1420, in the suburbs of Marquise, at Leulinghen, the church of which was divided by the French-English border, King Henry V married Catherine of Valois, daughter of Charles VI of France.
Marquise received national media attention in autumn 2006 when the local gendarmerie retrieved a famous painting by Maurice Boitel, stolen forty years before and taken out of France.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
19684,991—    
19754,953−0.11%
19824,731−0.65%
19904,453−0.75%
19994,580+0.31%
20075,067+1.27%
20125,141+0.29%
20175,088−0.21%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

Notable people

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Henry V by William Shakespeare
  5. ^ info.france3.fr/insolite/24771923-fr.php - 100k - 13 déc 2006
  6. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE