Hocquinghen
Commune
The road into Hocquinghen
The road into Hocquinghen
Coat of arms of Hocquinghen
Coat of arms
Location of Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen is located in France
Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen is located in Hauts-de-France
Hocquinghen
Hocquinghen
Coordinates: 50°46′10″N 1°56′20″E / 50.7694°N 1.9389°E / 50.7694; 1.9389
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementCalais
CantonCalais-2
IntercommunalityCC Pays d'Opale
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Laurent Defachelles[1]
Area
1
1.94 km2 (0.75 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2021)[2]
114
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62455 /62850
Elevation63–115 m (207–377 ft)
(avg. 81 m or 266 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hocquinghen (French pronunciation: [ɔkɛ̃ɡɑ̃]; Dutch: Hokkingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Geography

A very small farming village located 13 miles (19 km) south of Calais, on the D215 and D206E crossroads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 97—    
1975 86−1.70%
1982 74−2.12%
1990 85+1.75%
1999 100+1.82%
2007 101+0.12%
2012 114+2.45%
2017 112−0.35%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Omer, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau.
  • An eighteenth-century presbytery.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
  2. ↑ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ↑ INSEE commune file
  4. ↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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