Affringues

Affringues
Affringues
Commune
	The church of Affringues
	Coat of arms
	Affringues Affringues
	Coordinates: 50°41′23″N 2°04′27″E / 50.6897°N 2.0742°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
Area 1	2.81 km2 (1.08 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 km2 (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.^[2] The placename derives from medieval Flemish: Hafferdingen.^[3]

Geography

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

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

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in français). 2 December 2020.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Placename Affringues/Hafferdingen: proussel.voila.net Archived 2015-07-05 at the Wayback Machine
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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