Rinxent

Rinxent
Coat of arms
Rinxent
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Rinxent
Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°E / 50.8056; 1.7389Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E / 50.8056°N 1.7389°E / 50.8056; 1.7389
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Chaussoy
Area1	8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,790
• Density	330/km2 (860/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62711 / 62720
Elevation	7–90 m (23–295 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rinxent is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Places of interest

• Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.
• A nineteenth century Château.
• Traces of an old castle.
• A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rinxent.

• (French) Official town website
• (French) A history of Rinxent
• (French) Rinxent on the Quid website