Sanghen

Sanghen
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Community association	Pays d'Opale
Coordinates	50 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '  N , 1 ° 54'  E
height	74-196 m
surface	6.17 km 2
Residents	329 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	53 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62850
INSEE code	62775
Town Hall (Mairie) in Sanghen

Sanghen ( Flemish : Zangem ) is a French municipality with 329 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 Calais and the canton of Calais-2 (until 2015: canton of Guînes ).

geography

Sanghen is about 15 kilometers south of Calais . The municipality is part of the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park .

Sanghen is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Alembon in the north and west, Licques in the east and northeast, Herbinghen in the south and southeast and Nabringhen and Colembert in the southwest.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2013
Residents	201	206	193	201	231	223	258	297
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

Saint Martin Church

• Saint-Martin church from the 15th century

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969