Tardinghen is a commune

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France

France

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Geography

Tardinghen is situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) 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 a year.

Population

Places of interest

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

• The history of Tardinghen on Histopale
• Tardinghen on the Quid website