Hinges, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Hinges
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Est
insee=62454
cp=62232
maire=André Delory
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.62305555556
latitude=50.5658333333
alt moy=44 m
alt mini=16 m
alt maxi=47 m
hectares=831
km²=8,31
sans=2003
date-sans=1999
dens=241|

Hinges is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village, situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 north of Béthune at the junction of the D182 and the D180 roads. The Canal d’Aire flows around the northeastern part of the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Marguerite, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.mairie-hinges.fr Official website of the commune] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=24301&mode=1 The CWGC military cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027401&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26944&req=Hinges Hinges on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 18th 2008."