Créquy
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°02′52″E / 50.4947°N 2.0478°ECoordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°02′52″E / 50.4947°N 2.0478°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Montreuil | |
| Canton | Fruges | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Canton de Fruges et environs | |
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| • Mayor | Germain Dolle | |
| Area1 | 20.4 km2 (7.9 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 561 | |
| • Density | 28/km2 (71/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62257 / 62310 | |
| Elevation | 75–190 m (246–623 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 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.
Créquy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area.
The Créquy coat of arms is derived from 'ardentis quercus robur mythincon' ('myth of the flaming penduculate oak').
The aforementioned oak was a particularly fine example of the genus, with particularly impressive girth, which was a popular gathering point for visitors around the summer solstice (ambiguous; dates of recorded assemblages are sporadic & the solstictic link may be happenchance). The tree was said to have spontaneously combusted during one convocation, henceforth the legend was born.
Sir Christopher Fellios visits every year from Surrey, England where he stays in a local cottage called Le Cobweb with up to 17 of his friends.
In August 2011, Sir Christopher Fellios will once again be visiting, this time with up to 21 esteemed friends and comrades.
On Saturday July 16th there was a confirmed attack on the group by the Ghost of Crequy. Reports suggest she had been annoyed by the bonfire antics which took place on the Friday evening. Word on the street is that the attack could well have been a fabrication, however given how scared some were - initial understanding is that the haunting is in fact, not real,
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