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^[3] about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Boulogne. The river Slack flows through the commune.

Marquise
Commune
The church of Marquise
Coat of arms
Location of Marquise
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Coordinates: 50°48′55″N 1°42′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2024–2026)	Olivier Leroy[1]
Area 1	13.46 km2 (5.20 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,169
• Density	380/km2 (990/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62560 /62250
Elevation	1–67 m (3.3–219.8 ft) (avg. 39 m or 128 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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.^[4]

Marquise received national media attention in autumn 2006 when the local police retrieved a painting by Maurice Boitel, stolen forty years before and taken out of France.^[5]

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,991	—
1975	4,953	−0.11%
1982	4,731	−0.65%
1990	4,453	−0.75%
1999	4,580	+0.31%
2007	5,067	+1.27%
2012	5,141	+0.29%
2017	5,088	−0.21%
Source: INSEE[6]

Notable people

• Alphonse Pinart, explorer, was born there in 1852.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department