Leubringhen

Leubringhen
Leubringhen
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Leubringhen
Coordinates: 50°51′30″N 1°43′20″E / 50.8583°N 1.7222°E / 50.8583; 1.7222Coordinates: 50°51′30″N 1°43′20″E / 50.8583°N 1.7222°E / 50.8583; 1.7222
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mickaël Claptien
Area
• Land1	7.98 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population2	313
• Population2 Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62503 / 62250
Elevation	48–163 m (157–535 ft) (avg. 96 m or 315 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Leubringhen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D244e1 roads. The A16 autoroute cuts through the middle of the commune’s territory.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The ruins of a 12th-century castle at the hamlet of Blacourt.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website about the commune (French)
• Leubringhen on the Quid website (French)
• The Canadian cemetery