Leubringhen

Leubringhen
Leubringhen
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Leubringhen
Coordinates: 50°51′30″N 1°43′20″E / 50.8583°N 1.7222°ECoordinates: 50°51′30″N 1°43′20″E / 50.8583°N 1.7222°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Marquise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Mickaël Claptien
Area^1	7.98 km^2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	313
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62503 / 62250
Elevation	48–163 m (157–535 ft) (avg. 96 m or 315 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated some 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D244e1 roads. The A16 autoroute cuts through the middle of the commune’s territory.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
184	201	196	192	207	257	313
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the twelfth century.
• The ruins of a 12th-century castle at the hamlet of Blacourt.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website about the commune (French)
• Leubringhen on the Quid website (French)
• The Canadian cemetery