Echinghen

Echinghen
Coat of arms
Echinghen
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Echinghen
Coordinates: 50°42′14″N 1°38′56″E / 50.7039°N 1.6489°ECoordinates: 50°42′14″N 1°38′56″E / 50.7039°N 1.6489°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Lannoy
Area^1	5.84 km^2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	355
• Density	61/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62281 / 62360
Elevation	11–144 m (36–472 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D127 and the D127e4 roads.

Population

Historical population of Echinghen

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	215	218	212	235	284	355
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eleventh century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Echinghen on the Quid website (French)