Halluin
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Commune of Halluin |
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| Mont d'Halluin district | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Tourcoing-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Jean-Luc Deroo (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 20 m (avg.) |
| Land area¹ | 12.56 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
18,997 |
| - Density | 1,512/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 59279/ 59250 |
| 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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Halluin is a town and commune of the Nord département and Lille arrondissement of northern France.
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[edit] Geography
It is located at the far North of the Lille Urban Community, on the Belgian border, contiguous with the Belgian town of Menen.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Halluin is twinned with:
- Menen, Belgium
- Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany - since 1969
- North Tyneside, England - since 1994
- Pniewy, Poland - since 1998
- Lübbenau, Germany - since 2000
- Kočevje, Slovenia - since 2000
- NKong-Zem, Cameroon - since 2001
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Halluin official website (in French)
- Halluin 2008 (in French)
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