Blaringhem

This article describes the northern French municipality of Blaringhem . For the French botanist and agronomist see Louis Blaringhem .

Blaringhem
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Hazebrouck
Community association	Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates	50 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 24 ′  E
height	17-76 m
surface	18.23 km 2
Residents	2,069 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	113 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59173
INSEE code	59084
Website	http://www.ville-blaringhem.fr/

Blaringhem ( Flemish : Blaringem ) is a French town in Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France in the historic West Flemish -speaking region French Flanders . Blaringhem has 2,069 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017), who are called Blaringhemois , and belongs to the canton Hazebrouck (until 2015: canton Hazebrouck-Nord ) in the arrondissement of Dunkerque .

location

Blaringhem is about 45 kilometers southeast of Calais and about 38 kilometers south of Dunkirk . The Canal de Neufosse runs through the municipality . Blaringhem is surrounded by the neighboring communities Renescure in the north and north-west, Lynde in the north, Sercus in the north-east, Morbecque and Steenbecque in the east, Boëseghem in the south and south-east, Wittes in the south and south-west, Rocquetoire in the south-west and Racquinghem in the west.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
1,465	1,412	1,395	1,358	1.611	1,791	2,037	2.023
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

• Saint Martin Church

Personalities

• François Delecour (* 1962), rally driver, lives in Blaringhem

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 815-817.

Web links

Commons : Blaringhem  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Blaringhem in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture