Affringues

Affringues is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Hafferdingen.[2]

Affringues
The church of Affringues
Coat of arms
Location of Affringues
Affringues
Affringues
Coordinates: 50°41′23″N 2°04′27″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonLumbres
IntercommunalityPays de Lumbres
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Isabelle Pourchel
Area
1
2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
239
  Density85/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62010 /62380
Elevation52–158 m (171–518 ft)
(avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A village, located 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D205 and D202 crossroads.

Map of the commune and adjacent places

History

First mentioned in the 12th century by the names Hafferdinges (+/- 1182) and Harfrenges (1186).

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
2006217    
2007219+0.9%
2008223+1.8%
2009222−0.4%
2010217−2.3%
2011213−1.8%
2012209−1.9%
2013205−1.9%
2014200−2.4%
2015213+6.5%
2016226+6.1%

Sights

  • The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century, with a stone spire.
gollark: Basically your "grandmother"'s argument - it's natural so it's good, which is of course wrong.
gollark: Appeal to nature = <:bees:724658256605085840>
gollark: Yes, so extremely bad, see.
gollark: Well, obviously social credit systems extremely bad?
gollark: I mean, there's no evidence of rainbow formation through this "peace and love" thing, but you can easily make rainbow-type patterns with a regular prism, or even just some plastic rulers.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Placename Affringues/Hafferdingen: proussel.voila.net Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine


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