Tardinghen

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Tardinghen Terdingem
Commune
The church of Tardinghen
Coat of arms
Location of Tardinghen
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Coordinates: 50°52′01″N 1°37′52″E / 50.8669°N 1.6311°E / 50.8669; 1.6311
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Thibaut Segard[1]
Area 1	8.72 km2 (3.37 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	150
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62806 /62179
Elevation	1–96 m (3.3–315.0 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Tardinghen (French pronunciation: [taʁdɛ̃ɡɑ̃]; West Flemish: Terdingem, pronounced [tɛrˈdɪŋəm]; Picard: Tardinghin, pronounced [tardɪŋɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Toponymy

Common to many French locales especially in the north, the etymology of Tardinghen is ultimately based in Germanic language roots.

Geography

Tardinghen is situated some 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D940 roads, on Cape Gris-Nez. Parts of the coastline, forming the northern border of the commune, have receded inland at about 5 metres (5+1⁄2 yd) per year.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
• Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
• Brasserie Artisanale des 2 Caps [nl], local microbrewery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

• Media related to Tardinghen at Wikimedia Commons
• The history of Tardinghen on Histopale (in French)

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