Quernes

Quernes
Quernes
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Quernes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois Flandres
Mayor	Hervé Delabre (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	25–71 m (82–233 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
Land area1	2.75 km2 (1.06 sq mi)
Population2	464  (2006)
- Density	169 /km2 (440 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62676/ 62120
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°36′21″N 2°22′02″E / 50.6058°N 2.3672°E / 50.6058; 2.3672

Quernes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography [edit]

Quernes is situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of Béthune and 32 miles (51.5 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D186e1 and D186 roads.

Population [edit]

Places of interest [edit]

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the eighteenth century.
• Remains of an ancient watermill.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

• Quernes on the Quid website (French)

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