Alincthun

Alincthun
Commune
The green in front of the church
Coat of arms
Location of Alincthun
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Coordinates: 50°43′55″N 1°48′07″E / 50.7319°N 1.8019°E / 50.7319; 1.8019
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean Picque[1]
Area 1	9.88 km2 (3.81 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	301
• Density	30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62022 /62142
Elevation	33–120 m (108–394 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Alincthun (French pronunciation: [alɛ̃ktœ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

A small farming commune comprising 12 hamlets, some 10 miles (16 km) east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238e2 and the D137 roads. The river Liane flows through the village.

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station serving Le Wast and Alincthun on 22 April 1900.^[4] Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.^[5] They were reinstated in November 1942.^[6] The CF de BB closed in 1948.^[7]

• The church of St. Denis, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The seventeenth-century Château du Fresnoy.
• Three 17th-century manor houses at La Guilbauderie, Le Fay and Bois-du-Coq.
• A water mill.

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

• Farebrother, Martin J B; Farebrother, Joan S (2008). Tortillards of Artois. Usk: The Oakwood Press. ISBN 978-0-85361-554-5.

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