Hénin-Beaumont
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Commune of Hénin-Beaumont |
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| Location | ||
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| Coordinates | ||
| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Chief town of 2 cantons: Hénin-Beaumont Montigny-en-Gohelle |
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| Intercommunality | communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin | |
| Mayor | Gérard Dalongeville (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 23 m–65 m (avg. 32 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 20.72 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
25,178 | |
| - Density | 1,215/km² (1999) | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62427/ 62110 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Hénin-Beaumont is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Lens. It belongs to Communauté d'agglomération of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, and has a population of 125,313 inhabitants (1999 census) on 112.07 km² (43.27 sq mi) of territory.
The commune results from the merger of Hénin-Liétard and Beaumont in 1971. The total land area is 20.72 km² (8.000 sq mi).
Population (1999): 25,178 inhabitants (héninois) for the city and 30,717 for the canton (which includes the commune of Noyelles-Godault).
[edit] Sister cities
[edit] External links
- Hénin-Beaumont website (in French)
- Communauté d'agglomération d'Henin Carvin website (in French)
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