Audincthun

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Audincthun
Audincthun Coat of Arms
Audincthun (France)
Audincthun
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Fruges
Community association Pays de Saint-Omer
Coordinates 50 ° 35 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 35 '  N , 2 ° 8'  E
height 64-183 m
surface 15.26 km 2
Residents 664 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 44 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62560
INSEE code
Website http://audincthun.e-monsite.com/

Audincthun (NDL .: Odingten ) is a French municipality with 664 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Saint-Omer and the canton of Fruges (until 2015: canton of Fauquembergues ).

geography

Audincthun is about 19 kilometers south-southwest of Saint-Omer . Audincthun is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Dohem in the north, Coyecques in the northeast, Dennebrœucq in the east, Mencas in the southeast, Radinghem in the south, Coupelle-Vieille in the southwest, Renty in the west and southwest, Fauquembergues in the west and Saint-Martin-d'Hardinghem in the Northwest.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
567 555 543 563 578 574 641 638
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • 15th century Saint-Pierre church in Wandonne
  • Saint-Nicolas church from the 18th century
  • Sainte-Soyette Chapel
  • Pumping station from the Second World War (around 1943) for the launch pad of a V1, Monument historique since 2012

Web links

Commons : Audincthun  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969