Balinghem

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Claude Vandenbergue^[1]Area5.79 km² (2.24 sq mi)Population1,225 • Density210/km² (550/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation2–37 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 pronunciation: [balɛ̃ɡɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	525	—
1975	539	+0.38%
1982	530	−0.24%
1990	763	+4.66%
1999	829	+0.93%
2009	1,086	+2.74%
2014	1,185	+1.76%
2020	1,225	+0.55%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

• The sixteenth-century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
• A monument to the meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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