Gonnehem

Gonnehem
Gonnehem
Location within Hauts-de-France region Gonnehem
Coordinates: 50°33′44″N 2°34′29″E / 50.5622°N 2.5747°E / 50.5622; 2.5747Coordinates: 50°33′44″N 2°34′29″E / 50.5622°N 2.5747°E / 50.5622; 2.5747
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Delelis
Area¹	15.31 km² (5.91 sq mi)
Population (2004)²	2,235
• Density	150/km² (380/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62376 / 62920
Elevation	17–44 m (56–144 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 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.

Gonnehem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A large farming village situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D181, D182 and the D70 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gonnehem
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	1701	1755	1740	1805	2172	2141	2235
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The fifteenth-century chateau de Werppe.
The manorhouse de Bron, dating from the fifteenth century.
The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
The church at the hamlet of Busnettes.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gonnehem.

Gonnehem on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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