Tardinghen

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Tardinghen
Tardinghen
Coordinates: 50°52′01″N 1°37′52″E / 50.8669°N 1.6311°E / 50.8669; 1.6311Coordinates: 50°52′01″N 1°37′52″E / 50.8669°N 1.6311°E / 50.8669; 1.6311
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton Marquise
Intercommunality Terre des Deux Caps
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Thibaut Segard
Area
 • Land1 8.72 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 167
 • Population2 Density 19/km2 (50/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62806 / 62179
Elevation 1–96 m (3.3–315.0 ft)
(avg. 50 m or 160 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.

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

Landscape seen from the route du Châtelet

Geography

Tardinghen is situated some 12 miles (19 km) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D940 roads, on Cape Gris-Nez. Parts of the coastline, forming the northern border of the commune, have receded inland at about 5 metres a year.

Population

Historical population of Tardinghen
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population134145133127117127167
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
  • Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
  • Brasserie de Deux Caps, local microbrewery.

See also

References

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