Inxent

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Inxent
Inxent coat of arms
Inxent (France)
Inxent
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Montreuil
Canton Berck
Community association Deux Baies en Montreuillois
Coordinates 50 ° 32 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 32 '  N , 1 ° 47'  E
height 21-113 m
surface 3.78 km 2
Residents 162 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 43 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62170
INSEE code 62472

Church of the Birth of the Virgin Mary and Memorial to the Fallen

Inxent ( Dutch Enessem ) is a French municipality with 162 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (2015: Nord-Pas-de-Calais ). The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Montreuil and to the municipality association Deux Baies en Montreuillois, founded in 2016 .

geography

Location in canton and arrondissement

Inxent is located in the hinterland of the Côte d'Opale of the English Channel in the west of the Artois landscape , about twelve kilometers east of the port city of Étaples . The 3.78 km² municipal area stretches on both sides of the course river , flanked by over 50 meters high wooded slopes ( Bois Selingue, Bois d'Inxent, Les Hallois ). Inxent is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beussent in the north, Montcavrel in the east, Recques-sur-Course in the south, Maresville in the southwest and Bernieulles in the northwest.

The highway from Montreuil to Boulogne-sur-Mer runs immediately west of the municipality of Inxent.

Toponymy

The name of the community developed from Hainessendae (1042) via Enessem (1224), Ynesent (1257) and Inquessent (1553-1800) to the current name Inxent (from 1801).

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2017
Residents 211 190 177 170 157 158 154 162
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

In 1831, Inxent still had 328 inhabitants.

Attractions

  • Church of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary ( Église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Dame )
  • Remains of an old windmill, partially burnt down in 1976
  • Pigeon tower
  • Fallen memorial
  • Flower park

Economy and Infrastructure

There are three farms in the community (grain cultivation, cattle breeding).

Immediately west of Inxent, the D 901 trunk road runs from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Montreuil . Ten kilometers southwest of Inxent there is a connection to the A 16 autoroute near Étaples .

supporting documents

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
  2. ^ Toponymie générale de la France (French)
  3. ↑ Inxent on cassini.ehess.fr
  4. ↑ Inxent on insee.fr
  5. ↑ Statistics on cassini.ehess.fr
  6. ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)

Web links

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