Balinghem

French commune
name= Balinghem
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Ardres
insee=62078
cp=62610
maire=Jean-Claude Vandenbergue
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région d'Ardres et de la Vallée de la Hem
longitude=1.9425
latitude=50.8619444444
alt moy=8 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=37 m
hectares=579
km²=5,79
sans=829
date-sans=1999
dens=143
date-dens=1999

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

Geography

A village located 10 miles (16km) southeast of Calais, on the D228 road.

Population

Places of interest

* The 16th century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
* The remains of a château where Henry VIII and Francis I of France met, at the field of the Cloth of Gold.

See also

* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 1st 2008."

External links

* [http://lieuxdits-balinghem.chez-alice.fr A personal website of the area] fr
* [http://www.ardres-tourisme.fr/intro.htm Official Regional Tourist Office website] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62078&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Balinghem on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26577&req=Balinghem Balinghem on the Quid website] fr