- Rinxent
French commune
name= Rinxent
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Marquise
insee=62711
cp=62720
maire=Bernard Chaussoy
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
longitude=1.73888888889
latitude=50.8055555556
alt moy=79 m
alt mini=7 m
alt maxi=90 m
hectares=838
km²=8,38
sans=2 797
date-sans=1 999
dens=333|Rinxent is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming and light industrial town, situated some convert|9|mi|km northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.
Population
Places of interest
* Two churches, both dating from the
19th century .
* A19th century Château.
* Traces of an old castle.
* A museum devoted tomarble , quarried in the commune.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.ville-rinxent.fr/ Official town website]
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/histopale/rxtitre.htm A history of Rinxent]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27196&req=Rinxent Rinxent on the Quid website]Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 8th 2008."
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