Boisdinghem

Boisdinghem
Commune
The church of Boisdinghem
Coat of arms
Location of Boisdinghem
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Coordinates: 50°44′58″N 2°05′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Michel Lheureux[1]
Area ^1	3.13 km^2 (1.21 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	250
• Density	80/km^2 (210/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62149 /62500
Elevation	104–167 m (341–548 ft) (avg. 166 m or 545 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Boisdinghem (French pronunciation: [bwadɛ̃ɡɑ̃]; Picard: Bodinghin; Dutch: Bodingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[3]

Geography

A small village situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Saint-Omer, on the D206 road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	149	—
1975	141	−0.79%
1982	158	+1.64%
1990	176	+1.36%
1999	191	+0.91%
2009	226	+1.70%
2014	242	+1.38%
2020	244	+0.14%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

• The church of St. Omer, dating from the seventeenth century

Notable residents

• Alphonse Pinart (1852-1911), explorer, philologist, and ethnographer

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE