Zouafques

Zouafques (French pronunciation: [zwafk]; West Flemish: Zwaveke; Picard: Zuave) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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Commune
The town hall of Zouafques
Location of Zouafques
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Coordinates: 50°49′01″N 2°03′24″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Franck Dupont[1]
Area 1	3.93 km2 (1.52 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	590
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Zouafquois, Zouafquoises
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62904 /62890
Elevation	15–72 m (49–236 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Zouafques is located 11 miles (18 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D217 road junction with the A26 autoroute, in the valley of the small river Hem.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 329 —     1800 337 +0.34% 1806 357 +0.97% 1821 434 +1.31% 1831 424 −0.23% 1836 446 +1.02% 1841 466 +0.88% 1846 497 +1.30% 1851 483 −0.57% 1856 427 −2.43% 1861 472 +2.02% 1866 537 +2.61% 1872 465 −2.37% 1876 469 +0.21% 1881 476 +0.30% 1886 472 −0.17% 1891 459 −0.56% 1896 439 −0.89%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 427 −0.55% 1906 459 +1.46% 1911 428 −1.39% 1921 421 −0.16% 1926 396 −1.22% 1931 449 +2.54% 1936 412 −1.71% 1946 416 +0.10% 1954 402 −0.43% 1962 348 −1.79% 1968 364 +0.75% 1975 357 −0.28% 1982 351 −0.24% 1990 363 +0.42% 1999 415 +1.50% 2009 564 +3.12% 2014 642 +2.62% 2020 596 −1.23%
Source: EHESS (1793-1999)[4] and INSEE[5]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the nineteenth century.
• A watermill.
• An eighteenth century dovecote.

Transport

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Zouafques in 1881.^[6] The railway was closed in 1955.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department