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Affringues

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Affringues
The church of Affringues
The church of Affringues
Coat of arms of Affringues
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CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonLumbres
IntercommunalityPays de Lumbres
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Isabelle Pourchel[1]
Area
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2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62010 /62380
Elevation52–158 m (171–518 ft)
(avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Affringues (French pronunciation: [afʁɛ̃ɡ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[2] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Hafferdingen.[3]

Geography

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A village, located 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D205 and D202 crossroads.

Map of the commune and adjacent places

History

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First mentioned in the 12th century by the names Hafferdinges (+/- 1182) and Harfrenges (1186).

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 123—    
1975 145+2.38%
1982 166+1.95%
1990 219+3.52%
1999 203−0.84%
2007 219+0.95%
2012 209−0.93%
2017 239+2.72%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

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  • The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century, with a stone spire.

See also

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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ INSEE commune file
  3. ^ Placename Affringues/Hafferdingen: proussel.voila.net Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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