Balinghem

Balinghem
Balinghem
Commune
	The town hall and school of Balinghem
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°ECoordinates: 50°51′43″N 1°56′33″E / 50.8619°N 1.9425°E
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)
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.^[2]

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.
The remains of a château where Henry VIII and Francis I of France met, at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ INSEE commune file

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