Rinxent

Rinxent
Coat of arms
Rinxent
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Rinxent
Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°ECoordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Chaussoy
Area^1	8.38 km^2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,790
• Density	330/km^2 (860/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62711 / 62720
Elevation	7–90 m (23–295 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 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.

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

Geography

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
3267	3340	3195	3094	2860	2797	2790
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.
• A nineteenth century Château.
• Traces of an old castle.
• A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• (French) Official town website
• (French) A history of Rinxent
• (French) Rinxent on the Quid website