Baincthun

Baincthun
Commune
The church square of Baincthun
Coat of arms
Location of Baincthun
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Coordinates: 50°42′38″N 1°40′52″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Boulogne-sur-Mer-2
Intercommunality	CA Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Stéphane Bourgeois
Area 1	26.69 km2 (10.31 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,314
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62075 /62360
Elevation	22–133 m (72–436 ft) (avg. 32 m or 105 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Baincthun (French: [baɛ̃ktœ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming and quarrying commune, some 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D341 and the D234 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,049	—
1968	1,082	+3.1%
1975	1,071	−1.0%
1982	1,087	+1.5%
1990	1,147	+5.5%
1999	1,207	+5.2%
2004	1,316	+9.0%
2009	1,350	+2.6%
2014	1,300	−3.7%
2015	1,293	−0.5%

Sights

• A feudal motte.
• The church of St. Martin.
• The Château d'Ordre, dating from 1672 at the hamlet of Maquinghen.
• The manor at Lannoy.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file