Éperlecques (French pronunciation: [epɛʁlɛk]; West Flemish: Sperleke; Picard: Éparlecques) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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Commune
St. Leodegar's Church
Coat of arms
Location of Éperlecques
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Coordinates: 50°48′25″N 2°09′09″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Denis[1]
Area 1	25.56 km2 (9.87 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	3,742
• Density	150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62297 /62910
Elevation	0–97 m (0–318 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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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.

• The Blockhaus d'Éperlecques^[5]
• St. Leodegar's church, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Seven chapels.
• Traces of ancient châteaux.
• The flour mill at Seigre.

Éperlecques is twinned with Zonnebeke in Belgium.

• Audomarois
• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department