Carency

Carency

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Carency

Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E / 50.3792; 2.705Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E / 50.3792; 2.705
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 (20082014) Justin Clairet
Area1 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi)
Population (2004)2 700
  Density 81/km2 (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
Year1962196819751982199019992004
Population491507525552711673700
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

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

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