Wacquinghen

Wacquinghen Wakingem
Commune
The church of Wacquinghen
Location of Wacquinghen
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Coordinates: 50°47′00″N 1°40′00″E / 50.7833°N 1.6667°E / 50.7833; 1.6667
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Gavois[1]
Area 1	2.47 km2 (0.95 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	259
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62867 /62250
Elevation	32–96 m (105–315 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wacquinghen (French pronunciation: [wakɛ̃ɡɑ̃]; West Flemish: Wakingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Wacquinghen is situated some 7 miles (11 km) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233e and D242e3 roads. The A16 autoroute forms the western border of the commune.

• The church of St. Antoine, dating from the twentieth century.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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