Audinghen
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Canton | Desvres | |
| Community association | Terre des Deux Caps | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 51 ′ N , 1 ° 37 ′ E | |
| height | 3–122 m | |
| surface | 13.09 km 2 | |
| Residents | 582 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 44 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62179 | |
| INSEE code | 62054 | |
| Website | http://www.audinghen-capgrisnez.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) and School of Audinghen |
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Audinghen ( Flemish : Oudingem ) is a French municipality with 582 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the district of Boulogne-sur-Mer in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . Audinghen belongs to the canton of Desvres (until 2015: canton of Marquise ).
geography
Audinghen is located about 20 kilometers southwest of Calais and about 13 kilometers north of Boulogne-sur-Mer on Cap Gris-Nez on the Opal Coast of the English Channel ( North Sea ). The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park . Audinghen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Tardinghen in the east and northeast, Bazinghen in the southeast and Audresselles in the south.
history
The Todt battery was added to the Atlantic Wall here .
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 | |
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| 505 | 457 | 461 | 468 | 503 | 548 | 576 | 580 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church, rebuilt in 1860 after the Second World War, monument historique since 2006
- Cap Gris-Nez lighthouse
- Remains of the Todt Battery with the Atlantic Wall Museum
Personalities
- Raoul de Godewarsvelde (1928–1977), singer and photographer
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