Alincthun

Alincthun
Coat of arms
Alincthun
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Alincthun
Coordinates: 50°43′55″N 1°48′07″E / 50.7319°N 1.8019°ECoordinates: 50°43′55″N 1°48′07″E / 50.7319°N 1.8019°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Picque
Area^1	9.88 km^2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	344
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62022 / 62142
Elevation	33–120 m (108–394 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 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.

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

Geography

A small farming commune comprising 12 hamlets, some 10 miles (16 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238e2 and the D137 roads. The river Liane flows through the village.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	304	—
1968	314	+3.3%
1975	309	−1.6%
1982	322	+4.2%
1990	364	+13.0%
1999	343	−5.8%
2009	344	+0.3%

Sights

• The church of St.Denis, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The seventeenth-century Château du Fresnoy.
• Three 17th-century manor houses at La Guilbauderie, Le Fay and Bois-du-Coq.
• A water mill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Alincthun on the Quid website (French)