Bazinghen

Bazinghen
Coat of arms
Bazinghen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
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)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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.	±%
1962	174	—
1968	207	+19.0%
1975	210	+1.4%
1982	254	+21.0%
1990	298	+17.3%
1999	344	+15.4%
2009	426	+23.8%

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)