Balinghem

Balinghem
Coat of arms
Balinghem
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Balinghem
Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°ECoordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Government
• Mayor	Jean-Claude Vandenbergue
Area^1	5.79 km^2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	1,086
• Density	190/km^2 (490/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62078 / 62610
Elevation	2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 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.

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

Geography

A village located 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Calais, on the D228 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	511	—
1968	525	+2.7%
1975	539	+2.7%
1982	530	−1.7%
1990	763	+44.0%
1999	829	+8.7%
2009	1,086	+31.0%

Sights

• The sixteenth-century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
• The remains of a château where Henry VIII and Francis I of France met, at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• A personal website of the area (French)
• Official Regional Tourist Office website (French)
• Balinghem on the Quid website (French)