- Audinghen
French commune
name= Audinghen
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Marquise
insee=62054
cp=62179
maire=Marc Sarpaux
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
longitude=1.61388888889
latitude=50.8525
alt moy=68 m
alt mini=0 m
alt maxi=123 m
hectares=1309
km²=13,09
sans=548
date-sans=1999
dens=41|Audinghen is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming commune, comprising of several hamlets, some convert|14|mi|km north of Boulogne, 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.History
Named ‘’Odingehem’’ by the Saxons who created a temple here dedicated to the Germanic god
Odin , Audinghen has been rebuilt several times after being completely destroyed, including:
* In 1643 or 1644, according to the interpretations, by a party of soldiers of the King of England, who burned the village population inside the church;
* Three centuries later, in 1943, by the British, who bombarded and totally destroyed the village, (which then occupied by the German army).Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Pierre, dating from the 20th century.
* The ruins of thelighthouse at Cap Gris Nez.
*World War II German defences, part of theAtlantic wall .People with links to the commune
*
Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing , soldier who died here in 1940.
*Raoul de Godewaersvelde , composer, died here in 1977.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/histopale/audinghen.htm Website about Audinghen] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26553&req=Audinghen Audinghen on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 3rd 2008."
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