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Radinghem
Coat of arms of Radinghem
Location of Radinghem
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementMontreuil
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Canton de Fruges et environs
Government
 • MayorJonas Blocquel
Area
1
4.93 km2 (1.90 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
424
 • Density86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62685 /62310
Elevation79–171 m (259–561 ft)
(avg. 103 m or 338 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Radinghem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Radinghem lies 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D157 road.

History

In the Second World War, the chateau grounds were the site of a V2 launchpad from 1944-45.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
139 166 151 149 197 221 424
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The seventeenth-century château.
  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.

References