Lapugnoy

Lapugnoy
Lapugnoy
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Lapugnoy
Coordinates: 50°31′02″N 2°32′28″E / 50.5172°N 2.5411°ECoordinates: 50°31′02″N 2°32′28″E / 50.5172°N 2.5411°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Béthune-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Delannoy
Area^1	8.61 km^2 (3.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	3,323
• Density	390/km^2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62489 / 62122
Elevation	24–93 m (79–305 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 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.

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

Geography

A small farming and forestry town, situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) southwest of Lille, on the D70 road, by the banks of the Clarence River and traversed by the A26 autoroute..

Population

Historical population of Lapugnoy

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	2519	2645	3259	3375	3426	3310	3323
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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The church of St. Vaast, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official website of Lapugnoy
• The CWGC cemetery
• Lapugnoy on the Quid website (French)