Inghem

Inghem (French pronunciation: [ɛ̃ɡɛm]; Picard: Inghin) is a former commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2] On 1 September 2016, it was merged into the new commune Bellinghem,^[3] of which it became a delegated commune.^[4]

Inghem
Delegated commune of Bellinghem
Coat of arms
Location of Inghem
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Coordinates: 50°40′05″N 2°14′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Fruges
Commune	Bellinghem
Area 1	3.19 km2 (1.23 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]	553
• Density	170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	62129
Elevation	42–95 m (138–312 ft) (avg. 64 m or 210 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A village situated 6 miles (9 km) south of Saint-Omer, at the D198 and D201 crossroads. A junction with the A26 autoroute is less than a mile away.

Population

Historical population of Inghem

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2014
Population	243	243	254	268	296	302	360	522
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department