Tilques


Tilques is a commune in the 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, in the Pas-de-Calais department..

Population

Age pyramid
The population of the town is relatively young. The rate of people age over 60 years is indeed lower than the national rate and county rate. Like the national and departmental allocations, the female population of the town is larger than the male population. Rate is of the same order of magnitude than the national rate.
The distribution of the population of the town is by age, in 2007, as follows:
48.8% males ;
51.2% of women.

Places of interest

The arms of emblazon Tilques is as follows:
money to the three heads of Moorish sand twisted field.
Sites and Monuments
The church of the Sacred Heart whose bell tower is considered the little brother of CeuI the cathedral of Saint-Omer and the nave was rebuilt in the nineteenth century by Charles Leroy, the architect of the Cathedral Basilica of Notre- Lady of the Lattice-Lille.
The castle dates from the thirteenth century listening, it was remodeled in the fifteenth century. In 1595 he 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.