Laventie
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Commune of Laventie |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Laventie |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes Flandre Lys |
| Mayor | Roger Douez (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 15 m–20 m (avg. 18 m) |
| Land area¹ | 18.13 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
4,383 |
| - Density | 241/km² (1999) |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62491/ 62840 |
| 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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Laventie is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Béthune, in the north of France.
Population (1999): 4,450 inhabitants for the commune and 16,765 inhabitants for the canton.
[edit] Twinning
Laventie is twinned with Iserlohn, Germany since 1975
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