Saint-Léonard (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ leɔnaʁ] (listen); West Flemish: Hokinghem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]

Saint-Léonard Hokinghem
Commune
The town hall of Saint-Léonard
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Léonard
Saint-Léonard Show map of France Saint-Léonard Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°41′28″N 1°37′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Outreau
Intercommunality	CA du Boulonnais
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gwénaëlle Loire
Area 1	3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	3,410
• Density	1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62755 /62360
Elevation	2–110 m (6.6–360.9 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Saint-Léonard is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 and D940 roads. The A16 autoroute forms the eastern border of the commune and the river Liane the western.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Léonard, dating from the twelfth century and now a historical monument.[4]
• The modern church of St. Therése
• The Château de Pont-de-Briques, (dating from the seventeenth century), a registered monument.[5]
• The nineteenth century Château Neuf.[6]
• Château des Lions (also known as Château Muhlberg), a château from the nineteenth century, now an orphanage[7]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Léonard (Pas-de-Calais).

• Official website of the commune of Saint-Léonard (in French)

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