Créquy
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Créquy is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Geography

One of many small villages in Artois
Artois
Artois is a former province of northern France. Its territory has an area of around 4000 km² and a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras , Saint-Omer, Lens and Béthune.-Location:...

, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise
Créquoise
The river Créquoise is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche.The river rises at Créquy and passes by Torcy, Lebiez, Hesmond, Offin, Loison-sur-Créquoise and joins the Canche at Beaurainville.Three small tributaries join the...

, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area.

Population

Notable people

  • The Créquy family
    Créquy family
    -Origins:Créquy , is a French family which originated in Artois, and took its name from a small lordship of Créquy, in the present Pas-de-Calais...

     lived nearby and took its name from this place.


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.

See also

  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


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, real.

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