Hocquinghen

Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Hocquinghen
Coordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E / 50.7694°N 1.9389°ECoordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E / 50.7694°N 1.9389°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Guînes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Trois Pays
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Andrieu
Area^1	1.94 km^2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	102
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62455 / 62850
Elevation	63–115 m (207–377 ft) (avg. 81 m or 266 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.

Hocquinghen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads.

Population

Historical population of Hocquinghen

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	75	97	86	74	85	100	102
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. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau.
• An eighteenth-century presbytery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Hocquinghen on the Quid website (French)