Wacquinghen

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Wacquinghen
Wacquinghen
Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 1°40′00″E / 50.7833°N 1.6667°E / 50.7833; 1.6667Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 1°40′00″E / 50.7833°N 1.6667°E / 50.7833; 1.6667
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 (20082014) Denis Gavois
Area
  Land1 2.47 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 235
  Population2 Density 95/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62867 / 62250
Elevation 32–96 m (105–315 ft)
(avg. 61 m or 200 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.

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

Geography

Wacquinghen is situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233e and D242e3 roads. The A1 autoroute forms the western border of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Wacquinghen
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population108122124165188236235
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Antoine, dating from the twentieth century.
  • An eighteenth-century chateau.

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