Balinghem

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Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619444444, 1.9425

Commune of Balinghem
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Ardres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
Mayor	Jean-Claude Vandenbergue
Statistics
Elevation	2 m–37 m (avg. 8 m)
Land area¹	5,79 km²
Population² (1999)	829
- Density	143/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62078/ 62610
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Balinghem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Geography

A village located 10 miles (16km) southeast of Calais, on the D228 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
511	525	539	530	763	829
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 16th century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
• The remains of a château where Henry VIII and Francis I of France met, at the field of the Cloth of Gold.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 1st 2008.

[edit] External links

• A personal website of the area (French)
• Official Regional Tourist Office website (French)
• Balinghem on the Insee website (French)
• Balinghem on the Quid website (French)