Blendecques (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
Geography
A town situated 3 miles (5 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D77, D210 and D211 roads. The river Aa flows through the commune. The town has a football team and a basketball team.
Population
Personalities
Alfred Machin, filmmaker, was born here.
Sights
The nineteenth-century church of St. Gilles. The Chapelle de Soyecques. The eighteenth-century Château de La Garenne. Another Château of the 19th century . The abbey of Sainte-Colombe, dating from the twelfth century. The remains of some old watermills and lime-kilns.