Rebecques

Part of Saint-Augustin in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rebecques

50°38′46″N 2°18′25″E / 50.6461°N 2.3069°E / 50.6461; 2.3069CountryFranceRegionHauts-de-FranceDepartmentPas-de-CalaisArrondissementSaint-OmerCantonFrugesCommuneSaint-AugustinArea

4.84 km² (1.87 sq mi)Population

(2018)^[1]

494 • Density100/km² (260/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal code

62120

Elevation24–74 m (79–243 ft)
(avg. 90 m or 300 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rebecques (French pronunciation: [ʁəbɛk]; Dutch: Roosbeek; Picard: Arbècque) is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Saint-Augustin.^[2]

Geography

Rebecques lies about 7 miles (12 km) south of Saint-Omer, on the D192 road, in the valley of the River Lys.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	376	—
1968	377	+0.04%
1975	373	−0.15%
1982	367	−0.23%
1990	397	+0.99%
1999	398	+0.03%
2007	426	+0.85%
2012	464	+1.72%
Source: EHESS^[3] and INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of Saint Maclou, dating from the sixteenth century.

References

^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2018, INSEE
^ Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2015 (in French)
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Rebecques, EHESS (in French).
^ Populations légales 2012: Commune de Rebecques (62691), INSEE