Affringues

Affringues
Commune
The church of Affringues
Coat of arms
Location of Affringues
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Coordinates: 50°41′23″N 2°04′27″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Pays de Lumbres
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Pourchel[1]
Area ^1	2.81 km^2 (1.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	255
• Density	91/km^2 (240/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62010 /62380
Elevation	52–158 m (171–518 ft) (avg. 73 m or 240 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Affringues (French pronunciation: [afʁɛ̃ɡ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.^[3] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Hafferdingen.^[4]

Geography

A village, located 9 miles (15 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the D205 and D202 crossroads.

Map of the commune and adjacent places

History

First mentioned in the 12th century by the names Hafferdinges (+/- 1182) and Harfrenges (1186).

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	123	—
1975	145	+2.38%
1982	166	+1.95%
1990	219	+3.52%
1999	203	−0.84%
2007	219	+0.95%
2012	209	−0.93%
2017	239	+2.72%
Source: INSEE[5]

Sights

• The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century, with a stone spire.

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. Placename Affringues/Hafferdingen: proussel.voila.net Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
5. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE