Rinxent (French pronunciation: ​[ʁɛ̃ksɑ̃]; West Flemish: Erningsem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]

Rinxent Erningsem
Commune
The town hall of Rinxent
Coat of arms
Location of Rinxent
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Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E
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)	Nicolas Loeuillet[1]
Area 1	8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	3,038
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62711 /62720
Elevation	7–90 m (23–295 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Places of interest

• Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.
• A nineteenth century Château.
• Traces of an old castle.
• A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rinxent.

• (in French) Official town website
• (in French) History of Rinxent

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