Boisdinghem

Boisdinghem
Coat of arms
Boisdinghem
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Boisdinghem
Coordinates: 50°44′58″N 2°05′41″E / 50.7494°N 2.0947°ECoordinates: 50°44′58″N 2°05′41″E / 50.7494°N 2.0947°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lheureux
Area^1	3.13 km^2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	226
• Density	72/km^2 (190/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62149 / 62500
Elevation	104–167 m (341–548 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 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.

Boisdinghem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A small village situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Saint-Omer, on theD206 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	131	—
1968	149	+13.7%
1975	141	−5.4%
1982	158	+12.1%
1990	176	+11.4%
1999	191	+8.5%
2009	226	+18.3%

Sights

• The church of St. Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.

Notable Residents

Alphonse Pinart (1852-1911), explorer, philologist, and ethnographer

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Boisdinghem on the Quid website (French)