Audinghen
Oudinghen | |
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Coordinates: 50°51′09″N 1°36′50″E / 50.8525°N 1.6139°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Boulogne-sur-Mer |
Canton | Desvres |
Intercommunality | CC Terre des Deux Caps |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Sarpaux [1] |
Area 1 | 13.09 km2 (5.05 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 622 |
• Density | 48/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62054 /62179 |
Elevation | 0–123 m (0–404 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Audinghen (French pronunciation: [odɛ̃ɡɑ̃]; Dutch: Oudinghen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]
A farming commune, comprising several hamlets, some 14 miles (23 km) north of Boulogne-sur-Mer, at the junction of the D940 and the D191 roads. Cap Gris-Nez, the nearest part of France to the English coast, forms the western boundary of the commune.
The town was originally named Odingehem, 'home of Odin', by the Vikings who built a temple here dedicated to the Germanic god Odin. Audinghen has been rebuilt several times after being completely destroyed, including:
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 457 | — |
1975 | 461 | +0.12% |
1982 | 468 | +0.22% |
1990 | 503 | +0.91% |
1999 | 548 | +0.96% |
2009 | 584 | +0.64% |
2014 | 575 | −0.31% |
2020 | 594 | +0.54% |
Source: INSEE [5] |