Bazinghen

Bazinghen
Commune
The church of Bazinghen

Coat of arms
Bazinghen
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Bazinghen
Coordinates: 50°49′34″N 1°39′48″E / 50.8261°N 1.6633°E / 50.8261; 1.6633Coordinates: 50°49′34″N 1°39′48″E / 50.8261°N 1.6633°E / 50.8261; 1.6633
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Desvres
Intercommunality CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Raphaël Delattre
Area1 13.2 km2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 426
 • Density 32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62089 /62250
Elevation 3–122 m (9.8–400.3 ft)
(avg. 76 m or 249 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bazinghen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming commune, some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191 and the D191e roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1961175—    
1967206+17.7%
1974219+6.3%
1981253+15.5%
1989299+18.2%
1998348+16.4%
2008423+21.6%

Sights

  • The ruins of a watermill.
  • The church of St. Eloi, dating from the eleventh century.
  • A seventeenth century manorhouse at Colincthun.

See also

References


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