Alincthun

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Alincthun

|commune status = Commune

|image = Alincthun - Place.JPG

|caption = The green in front of the church

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Alincthun 62.svg

|arrondissement = Boulogne-sur-Mer

|canton = Desvres

|INSEE = 62022

|postal code = 62142

|mayor = Jean Picque{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Desvres-Samer

|coordinates = {{coord|50.7319|1.8019|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 98

|elevation min m = 33

|elevation max m = 120

|area km2 = 9.88

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Alincthun ({{IPA|fr|alɛ̃ktœ̃}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming commune comprising 12 hamlets, some {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D238e2 and the D137 roads. The river Liane flows through the village.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62022#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |314

|1975 |309

|1982 |322

|1990 |364

|1999 |343

|2007 |355

|2012 |334

|2017 |330

}}

Transport

The Chemin de fer de Boulogne à Bonningues (CF de BB) opened a station serving Le Wast and Alincthun on 22 April 1900.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=139 }} Passenger services were withdrawn on 31 December 1935.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=239 }} They were reinstated in November 1942.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=248 }} The CF de BB closed in 1948.{{sfn |Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=276 }}

Sights

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.

References

=Sources=

{{cite book | first1 =Martin J B | last1 =Farebrother |last2=Farebrother | first2 =Joan S | year =2008 | title =Tortillards of Artois | publisher =The Oakwood Press | location =Usk | isbn =978-0-85361-554-5 }}

Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais