Wacquinghen
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| 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 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 32-96 m | |
| surface | 2.47 km 2 | |
| Residents | 262 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 106 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62250 | |
| INSEE code | 62867 | |
 Saint-Antoine church |
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Wacquinghen is a French municipality with 262 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Boulogne-sur-Mer and the Terre des Deux Caps municipal association . The inhabitants call themselves Wacquinghenois .
geography
Wacquinghen is located between Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer , about six kilometers east of the English Channel coast . The neighboring communities are Beuvrequen in the north, Offrethun in the east, Maninghen-Henne in the south and Wimille in the west. The municipality of only 247 hectares in the Caps et Marais d'Opale Regional Nature Park belongs to the catchment area of the coastal river Slack . Except for a park around the Château de Berguette , the municipal area is completely free of forests.
Transport links
The A16 autoroute ( Calais - Boulogne-sur-Mer ) runs through the municipality of Wacquinghen and the Calais - Boulogne-sur-Mer railway line runs almost parallel to it ( Ligne de Boulogne-Ville à Calais-Maritime ).
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2009 | 2017 | ||
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| 136 | 122 | 124 | 165 | 188 | 236 | 238 | 262 | ||
| Sources: Cassini and INSEE | |||||||||
Attractions
- Saint-Antoine church
- Château de Berguette from the 13th century with a landscaped park
Economy and Infrastructure
There are five farms in the community (cereal cultivation, dairy farming).
Wacquinghen is on the A 16 autoroute with a nearby connection. The Wimille - Wimereux train station, four kilometers away, is on the railway line from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Calais .
supporting documents
- ↑ Wacquinghen on cassini.ehess.fr
- ↑ Wacquinghen on insee.fr
- ↑ Châreau de Berguette ( Memento of February 3, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (French)
- ↑ Farms on annuaire-mairie.fr (French)
