Rinxent

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Country France Department Pas-de-Calais Population (2006) 2,790 Local time Thursday 3:36 PM		Region Hauts-de-France Canton Marquise Area 8.38 km² Arrondissement Boulogne-sur-Mer

Intercommunality Communauté de communes de la Terre des Deux Caps Weather 22°C, Wind S at 18 km/h, 47% Humidity

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

Map of 62720 Rinxent, France

Rinxent is a farming and light industrial town, situated some 9 miles (14 km) northeast of Boulogne, on the D191 road.

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Two churches, both dating from the nineteenth century.

A nineteenth century Château.

Traces of an old castle.

A museum devoted to marble, quarried in the commune.

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