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Arques (Municipality, Pas-de-Calais, France) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-05) |
 | | Arques (9,457 inhabitants, 2,241 ha) is an industrial city located in the middle of the triangle Lille-Dunkirk-Boulogne, in the North of France. |
 | | Arques was in the past an important river port, located on the junction of the river Aa (highly estimated by the French crossworld-puzzle enthusiasts, along with the lake of Oo and the cities of Eu and Is) and the canal of Neuffossée, which links the Aa to the Lys (Leie in Belgian Flanders). |
 | | The flag of Arques, as confirmed to Pascal Vagnat by the PR department of the municipality, is white with the municipal logotype. |
| www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/fr-62-aq.html (412 words) |
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