Offrethun

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Offrethun
Offrethun coat of arms
Offrethun (France)
Offrethun
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Desvres
Community association Terre des Deux Caps
Coordinates 50 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 42'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 42'  E
height 16-95 m
surface 2.62 km 2
Residents 264 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 101 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62250
INSEE code

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Offrethun is a French municipality with 264 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 . Offrethun belongs to the canton of Desvres (until 2015: canton of Marquise ).

geography

Offrethun is located about 27 kilometers southwest of Calais and about 10 kilometers north-northeast of Boulogne-sur-Mer near the opal coast of the English Channel ( North Sea ). The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Offrethun is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Beuvrequen in the north and northwest, Marquise in the north and northeast, Wierre-Effroy in the south and east, Maninghen-Henne in the south and southwest and Wacquinghen in the west.

Population development
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
126 117 113 168 228 275 258 275
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint-Etienne church
  • Saint-Etienne church from the 19th century
  • Escault mansion from the 18th century
  • Remains of the tower hill castle

Web links

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