Lottinghen

Lottinghen
Lottinghen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Lottinghen
Coordinates: 50°41′05″N 1°56′00″E / 50.6847°N 1.9333°ECoordinates: 50°41′05″N 1°56′00″E / 50.6847°N 1.9333°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Leleu
Area^1	10.11 km^2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	506
• Density	50/km^2 (130/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62530 / 62240
Elevation	68–211 m (223–692 ft) (avg. 163 m or 535 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.

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

Geography

Lottinghen is situated about 14 mi east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D204 and D254 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
511	531	527	436	457	464	506
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

History

On March 13, 1944 the Ninth Air Force attacked a "V-weapon" site at Lottinghen.

Places of interest

• The church, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Lottinghen on the Quid website (French)