Bazinghen Explained

Bazinghen
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Bazinghen.svg
Arrondissement:	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton:	Desvres
Insee:	62089
Postal Code:	62250
Mayor:	Franck Parenty^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Coordinates:	50.8261°N 1.6633°W
Elevation M:	76
Elevation Min M:	3
Elevation Max M:	122
Area Km2:	13.2

Bazinghen (in French pronounced as /bazɛ̃ɡɑ̃/; Picard: Bazinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[2]

Geography

A small farming commune, some 8miles northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D191 and the D191e roads.

Sights

• The ruins of a watermill.
• The church of St. Eloi, dating from the eleventh century.
• A seventeenth century manorhouse at Colincthun.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62089-bazinghen INSEE commune file