Auchy-les-Mines
| Auchy-les-Mines | ||
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  Auchy-les-Mines | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Auchy-les-Mines | ||
| Coordinates: 50°30′46″N 2°47′05″E / 50.5128°N 2.7847°ECoordinates: 50°30′46″N 2°47′05″E / 50.5128°N 2.7847°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Béthune | |
| Canton | Cambrin | |
| Intercommunality | Artois | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean Clarisse | |
| Area1 | 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 4,459 | |
| • Density | 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62051 / 62138 | |
| Elevation |
23–37 m (75–121 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Auchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Until 1926 it was named Auchy-lez-La-Bassée.
Geography
A small ex-coal mining town, now mostly a light engineering and farming commune, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the N41 and the D163 roads.
Population
| Historical population | ||
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| Year | Pop. | ±% |
| 1962 | 3,827 | — |
| 1968 | 3,989 | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 3,785 | −5.1% |
| 1982 | 3,664 | −3.2% |
| 1990 | 4,076 | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 4,459 | +9.4% |
| 2009 | 4,459 | +0.0% |
Sights
- The church of St. Martin, rebuilt, as was the entire village, after World War I.
- The Hohenzollern Redoubt, a German fortification on the Western Front in World War I.
See also
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