Carency

Carency
Coat of arms
Carency
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Carency
Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°ECoordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vimy
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Justin Clairet
Area^1	8.6 km^2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)^2	700
• Density	81/km^2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62213 / 62144
Elevation	79–152 m (259–499 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft)
^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.

Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.

Population

Historical population of Carency

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	491	507	525	552	711	673	700
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St Aignan, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the destruction of World War I.
• Vestiges of a 13th-century castle.

Carency was heavily damaged during World War I. This image shows it after it was recaptured by French troops.

Notable people

François Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on 9 May 1915, during World War I.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Carency on the Quid website (French)
• Communaupole of Lens-Liévin website (French)