Moringhem

Moringhem
Commune
Scarecrow Festival
Coat of arms
Moringhem Location within Hauts-de-France region Moringhem
Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 2°07′42″E / 50.7639°N 2.1283°E / 50.7639; 2.1283Coordinates: 50°45′50″N 2°07′42″E / 50.7639°N 2.1283°E / 50.7639; 2.1283
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Saint-Omer
Intercommunality	Pays de Saint-Omer
Government
• Mayor	Hugues Persyn
Area1	9.98 km2 (3.85 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	464
• Density	46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62592 /62910
Elevation	37–166 m (121–545 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 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.

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

Geography

Moringhem lies about 5 miles (8 km) west of Saint-Omer, at the D207 and D223 crossroads. The A26 autoroute passes by about a half mile to the west.

Population

Places of interest

• The stone tower of an 18th-century windmill.
• The church of St. Andre, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The church of St.Maxime at Difques, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The chapel of Barbinghein, built in 1714.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Moringhem.

• Scarecrow info (in French)
• Moringhem on the Quid website (in French)

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  April scarecrow festival
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  The scarecrows of Moringhem