Quiestède

Quiestède (West Flemish: Kierestede) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Quiestède Kierestede
Commune
The church of Quiestède
Coat of arms
Location of Quiestède
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Coordinates: 50°40′48″N 2°19′07″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Tellier[1]
Area 1	2.83 km2 (1.09 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	654
• Density	230/km2 (600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62681 /62120
Elevation	23–60 m (75–197 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Quiestède lies about 6 miles (9 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D201 and D195 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	303	—
1975	291	−0.58%
1982	402	+4.72%
1990	537	+3.69%
1999	665	+2.40%
2007	654	−0.21%
2012	642	−0.37%
2017	614	−0.89%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Château de Laprée, built in 1760.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department