Rinxent

Rinxent Erningsem
Commune
The town hall of Rinxent
Coat of arms
Location of Rinxent
Rinxent Rinxent
Coordinates: 50°48′20″N 1°44′20″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Terre des Deux Caps
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Loeuillet
Area 1	8.38 km2 (3.24 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	3,028
• Density	360/km2 (940/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62711 /62720
Elevation	7–90 m (23–295 ft) (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rinxent (French pronunciation: [ʁɛ̃ksɑ̃]; West Flemish: Erningsem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

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

Population

The inhabitants are called Rinxentois.

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	3,340	—
1975	3,195	−0.63%
1982	3,094	−0.46%
1990	2,860	−0.98%
1999	2,797	−0.25%
2007	2,768	−0.13%
2012	2,771	+0.02%
2017	3,001	+1.61%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• 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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• (in French) Official town website
• (in French) History of Rinxent