Hocquinghen | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Hocquinghen.svg |
Arrondissement: | Calais |
Canton: | Calais-2 |
Insee: | 62455 |
Postal Code: | 62850 |
Mayor: | Laurent Defachelles[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Pays d'Opale |
Coordinates: | 50.7694°N 1.9389°W |
Elevation M: | 81 |
Elevation Min M: | 63 |
Elevation Max M: | 115 |
Area Km2: | 1.94 |
Hocquinghen (in French pronounced as /ɔkɛ̃ɡɑ̃/; Dutch; Flemish: Hokkingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
A very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads.
The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station serving Hocquinghen and Herbinghen on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.