- Tardinghen
French commune
name= Tardinghen
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Marquise
insee=62806
cp=62179
maire=Thibaut Segard
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
longitude=1.63111111111
latitude=50.8669444444
alt moy=50 m
alt mini=1 m
alt maxi=96 m
hectares=872
km²=8,72
sans=136
date-sans=2005
dens=14|Tardinghen is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A small farming and fishing village situated some convert|12|mi|km north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D940 roads, on
Cape Gris-Nez . Parts of the coastline, forming the northern border of the commune, have receded inland at about 5 metres a year.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the
18th century .
* An18th century manorhouse .
* Vestiges of theAtlantic Wall .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://membres.lycos.fr/histopale/tardinghem.htm The history of Tardinghen on Histopale] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27291&req=Tardinghen Tardinghen on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 9th 2008."
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