Echinghen
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer | |
| Canton | Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 | |
| Community association | Boulonnais | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 42 ′ N , 1 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 11-144 m | |
| surface | 5.84 km 2 | |
| Residents | 390 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 67 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62360 | |
| INSEE code | 62281 | |
| Website | http://www.echinghen.fr/ | |
 Town hall (Mairie) of Echinghen |
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Echinghen (NDL .: "Essingem") is a French municipality with 390 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 (until 2015: canton of Boulogne-sur-Mer-Sud ).
geography
Echinghen is about three kilometers southeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .
Echinghen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Saint-Martin-Boulogne in the north, Baincthun in the east and northeast, Bellebrune in the east, Isques in the south and Saint-Léonard in the west and southwest.
The A16 autoroute runs along the western edge of the municipality .
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2013 |
| Residents | 221 | 218 | 212 | 235 | 284 | 355 | 372 | 367 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, originally from the 11th century
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
Web links
Commons : Echinghen - collection of images, videos and audio files
