Balinghem

Balinghem
Commune
The town hall and school of Balinghem
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°E / 50.8619; 1.9425Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°E / 50.8619; 1.9425
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes des Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Vandenbergue[1]
Area 1	5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,166
• Density	200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62078 /62610
Elevation	2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft) (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Balinghem (French: [baliŋɡɛm]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography[]

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

Population[]

Sights[]

• The sixteenth-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 in 1520.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Balinghem.

• A personal website of the area (in French)
• Official Regional Tourist Office website (in French)

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