Affringues

Affringues
Coat of arms
Location of Affringues
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor	Françoise Huguet
Area 1	2.81 km2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2009)	222
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62010 /62380
Elevation	52–158 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 is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Hafferdingen.

Geography

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

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

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	117	—
1968	123	+5.1%
1975	145	+17.9%
1982	166	+14.5%
1990	219	+31.9%
1999	203	−7.3%
2009	222	+9.4%

Sights

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

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Affringues on the Quid website Template:Fr icon