Auchy-les-Mines

Auchy-les-Mines

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Auchy-les-Mines

Coordinates: 50°30′46″N 2°47′05″E / 50.5128°N 2.7847°E / 50.5128; 2.7847Coordinates: 50°30′46″N 2°47′05″E / 50.5128°N 2.7847°E / 50.5128; 2.7847
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Cambrin
Intercommunality Artois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Jean Clarisse
Area1 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 4,459
  Density 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 62051 / 62138
Elevation 23–37 m (75–121 ft)
(avg. 26 m or 85 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.

Auchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Until 1926 it was named Auchy-lez-La-Bassée.

Geography

A small ex-coal mining town, now mostly a light engineering and farming commune, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the N41 and the D163 roads.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19623,827    
19683,989+4.2%
19753,785−5.1%
19823,664−3.2%
19904,076+11.2%
19994,459+9.4%
20094,459+0.0%

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