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Tardinghen

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Terre des Deux Caps

Area
  
8.72 km²

Arrondissement
  
Boulogne-sur-Mer

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Marquise

Population (2006)
  
167

Local time
  
Monday 1:49 AM

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Weather
  
8°C, Wind E at 18 km/h, 78% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 62179 Tardinghen, France

Geography

Tardinghen is situated some 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D249 and D940 roads, on Cape Gris-Nez. Parts of the coastline, forming the northern border of the commune, have receded inland at about 5 metres (5 1⁄2 yd) per year.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
  • Vestiges of the Atlantic Wall.
  • Brasserie de Deux Caps, local microbrewery.

    • References

    Tardinghen Wikipedia
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