Hocquinghen

Hocquinghen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Hocquinghen
Commune
The road into Hocquinghen
Coat of arms
Location of Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen
Coordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Opale
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Christian Andrieu
Area
1
1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
112
 • Density58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62455 /62850
Elevation63–115 m (207–377 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 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 very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads.

Population
Historical population of Hocquinghen
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population7597867485100102
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest
  • The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau.
  • An eighteenth-century presbytery.
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See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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