Wacquinghen

Wacquinghen
Wacquinghen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Wacquinghen
Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 1°40′00″E / 50.7833°N 1.6667°ECoordinates: 50°47′00″N 1°40′00″E / 50.7833°N 1.6667°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)	Denis Gavois
Area^1	2.47 km^2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	235
• Density	95/km^2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62867 / 62250
Elevation	32–96 m (105–315 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 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.

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

Geography

Wacquinghen is situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233e and D242e3 roads. The A1 autoroute forms the western border of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Wacquinghen

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	108	122	124	165	188	236	235
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.Antoine, dating from the twentieth century.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Wacquinghen on the Quid website (French)