Éperlecques
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St. Leodegar's Church
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Éperlecques
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| Coordinates: 50°48′25″N 2°09′09″E / 50.8069°N 2.152500°ECoordinates: 50°48′25″N 2°09′09″E / 50.8069°N 2.152500°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Omer | |
| Canton | Saint-Omer | |
| Intercommunality | Pays de Saint-Omer | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Michel Guilbert | |
| Area1 | 25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 2,885 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62297 /62910 | |
| Elevation | 0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Éperlecques (Dutch: Sperleke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
It is a farming commune comprising eight hamlets, all found within the regional nature reserve of the Caps et Marais d'Opale, situated 6 miles (10 km) northwest of Saint-Omer, at the D222 and D219 road junction. The small river Liette runs through the village.
Éperlecques is twinned with 
Zonnebeke in Belgium.
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