Balinghem () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A village located 10 miles (16km) southeast of Calais, on the D228 road.

Population

Sights

• The sixteenth-century church of the Nativité-de-Notre-Dame.

• A monument to the meeting of Henry VIII and Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520.

Transport

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Guînes in 1881. The railway was closed in 1955.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

Sources

External links

• A personal website of the area

• Official Regional Tourist Office website