Rinxent

Rinxent
Commune
The town hall of Rinxent

Coat of arms
Rinxent
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Rinxent
Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°E / 50.8056; 1.7389Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°E / 50.8056; 1.7389
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Desvres
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Bernard Chaussoy
Area1 8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 2,790
 • Density 330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62711 /62720
Elevation 7–90 m (23–295 ft)
(avg. 79 m or 259 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.

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

Geography

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
3267334031953094286027972790
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.
  • A nineteenth century Château.
  • Traces of an old castle.
  • A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

See also

References

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