Audinghen

Geography

History

• In 1643 or 1644, according to the interpretations, by a party of soldiers of the King of England, who burned the village population inside the church;
• Three centuries later, in November 1943, by the British, who bombed and totally destroyed the village and a centre for Organisation Todt.

  Population

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the twentieth century.
• The ruins of the lighthouse at Cap Gris Nez.
• World War II German defences, part of the Atlantic wall.

Personalities

• Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing, soldier who died here in 1940.
• Raoul de Godewaersvelde, composer, died here in 1977.