Radinghem (; vls, Radingem) is a
commune in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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Government and military
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in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
region of
France.
Geography
Radinghem lies 20 miles (32 km) northeast of
Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D157 road.
History
In the
Second World War, the chateau grounds were the site of a
V2 launchpad from 1944 to 1945.
Population
Places of interest
* The seventeenth-century château.
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
References
INSEE commune file
Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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