Rinxent

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Rinxent Erningsem
Commune
The town hall of Rinxent
Coat of arms
Location of Rinxent
(2020–2026)		Nicolas Loeuillet^[1]
Area ¹	8.38 km² (3.24 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,028
• Density	360/km² (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62711 /62720
Elevation	7–90 m (23–295 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rinxent (French pronunciation: [ʁɛ̃ksɑ̃]; West Flemish: Erningsem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,340	—
1975	3,195	−0.63%
1982	3,094	−0.46%
1990	2,860	−0.98%
1999	2,797	−0.25%
2007	2,768	−0.13%
2012	2,771	+0.02%
2017	3,001	+1.61%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.
A nineteenth century Château.
Traces of an old castle.
A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE