Balinghem

Balinghem
Balinghem
Commune
	The town hall and school of Balinghem
	Coat of arms
	Location of Balinghem
	Balinghem Show map of France Balinghem Show map of Hauts-de-France
	Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°E / 50.8619; 1.9425
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Calais-2
Intercommunality	CC Pays d'Opale
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Vandenbergue
Area 1	5.79 km2 (2.24 sq mi)
Population (2023)	1,220
• Density	211/km2 (546/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62078 /62610
Elevation	2–37 m (6.6–121.4 ft) ; (avg. 8 m or 26 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Balinghem (French pronunciation: [balɛ̃ɡɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.³

Geography

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

The sixteenth-century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.
A monument to the meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Guînes in 1881.⁵ The railway was closed in 1955.⁶

"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
"Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
INSEE commune file
Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 31.
Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, pp. 281–82.

Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-679-5.

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