Saint-Venant

Saint-Venant
Saint-Venant
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Saint-Venant
Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 2°32′43″E / 50.6232°N 2.5453°ECoordinates: 50°37′24″N 2°32′43″E / 50.6232°N 2.5453°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Flajolet
Area^1	14.24 km^2 (5.50 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	3,367
• Density	240/km^2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62770 / 62350
^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.

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

Geography

Saint-Venant is situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Béthune and 26 miles (41.8 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D186 and D916 roads and by the banks of the Lys River.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
4029	4328	3988	4127	3887	3208	3367
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Venant, rebuilt along with much of the village after the First World War.
• The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall), dating from the eighteenth century.
• The civilian cemetery, incorporating a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery and the grave of Edward Gordon Williams.
• The town's war memorial.
• A memorial to the Royal Welch Fusiliers.^[1]
• Gardens of the Manoir de La Peylouse, incorporating an exhibition on First World War poetry.^[2]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Michael Glover & Jonathan Riley, 'That Astonishing Infantry': The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689-2006, p299
2. Comite des Parcs et Jardins de France website/ Accessed 15 September 2014

External links

• The CWGC graves in the churchyard
• The CWGC British cemetery
• Saint-Venant on the Quid website (French)