Tilques

Tilques is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department, Hauts-de-France region in northern France. The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Tilleke.

Geography

Tilques is located 4 miles north of Saint-Omer, at the D214 and D943 road junction.

Population

The population of the commune is older than the departmental average: as of 2019, the rate of people aged over 60 years is higher than the departmental rate, and the rate of people aged under 30 years is lower than the departmental rate.

Places of interest

The thirteenth-century château d'Ecou at Tilques, which was rebuilt in the 15th century
The church of the Sacred Heart. Its nave was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Charles Leroy, the architect of the Basilica of Notre Dame de [la Treille] in Lille.

The castle dates from the thirteenth century, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 it belonged to Adrian Cross Lord of Wasquehal. The mid-eighteenth century, it belonged to Andre de Martigny, then Guislain of Herbais and Family Taffin Tilques who kept two centuries.