Bazinghen

Bazinghen
Coat of arms
Bazinghen
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Bazinghen
Coordinates: 50°49′34″N 1°39′48″E / 50.8261°N 1.6633°ECoordinates: 50°49′34″N 1°39′48″E / 50.8261°N 1.6633°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Raphaël Delattre
Area^1	13.2 km^2 (5.1 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	426
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62089 / 62250
Elevation	3–122 m (9.8–400.3 ft) (avg. 76 m or 249 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.

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

Geography

A small farming commune, some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191 and the D191e roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1961	175	—
1967	206	+17.7%
1974	219	+6.3%
1981	253	+15.5%
1989	299	+18.2%
1998	348	+16.4%
2008	423	+21.6%

Sights

• The ruins of a watermill.
• The church of St. Eloi, dating from the eleventh century.
• A seventeenth century manorhouse at Colincthun.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Bazinghen on the Quid website (French)