Houchin

Houchin
Houchin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Houchin
Coordinates: 50°29′00″N 2°37′23″E / 50.4833°N 2.6231°ECoordinates: 50°29′00″N 2°37′23″E / 50.4833°N 2.6231°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Konieczko
Area^1	4.5 km^2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	711
• Density	160/km^2 (410/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62456 / 62620
Elevation	37–76 m (121–249 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Béthune near the junction of the D72 and the D171 roads.

Population

Historical population of Houchin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	647	690	644	625	664	683	711
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.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC military cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery
• Houchin on the Quid website (French)