Hocquinghen

Hocquinghen
Commune
The road into Hocquinghen

Coat of arms
Hocquinghen
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Hocquinghen
Coordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E / 50.7694°N 1.9389°E / 50.7694; 1.9389Coordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E / 50.7694°N 1.9389°E / 50.7694; 1.9389
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Calais
Canton Calais-2
Intercommunality CC Pays d'Opale
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Andrieu
Area1 1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 102
 • Density 53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62455 /62850
Elevation 63–115 m (207–377 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 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.

Hocquinghen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Hocquinghen
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population7597867485100102
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau.
  • An eighteenth-century presbytery.

See also

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