Bainghen | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Bainghen.svg |
Arrondissement: | Calais |
Canton: | Calais-2 |
Insee: | 62076 |
Postal Code: | 62850 |
Mayor: | Thierry Terlutte[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Pays d'Opale |
Coordinates: | 50.7522°N 1.9078°W |
Elevation M: | 200 |
Elevation Min M: | 77 |
Elevation Max M: | 202 |
Area Km2: | 6.69 |
Bainghen (pronounced as /fr/; nl|Baiengem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
A small farming commune, some 14miles east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D206 and the D206e roads.
The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station at Bainghen on 22 April 1900. Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935. They were reinstated in November 1942. The CF de BB closed in 1948.