Mazinghem

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Mazinghem
Mazinghem
Coordinates: 50°36′14″N 2°24′20″E / 50.6039°N 2.4056°E / 50.6039; 2.4056Coordinates: 50°36′14″N 2°24′20″E / 50.6039°N 2.4056°E / 50.6039; 2.4056
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality Artois Flandres
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean-Jacques Martel
Area
  Land1 5.19 km2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 399
  Population2 Density 77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62564 / 62120
Elevation 19–57 m (62–187 ft)
(avg. 29 m or 95 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.

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

Geography

Mazinghem is situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and D186 roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
251 286 298 325 321 337 399
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Annonciation, dating from the twelfth century.
  • Some remains of a medieval chateau.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

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