Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Location within Hauts-de-France region Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Coordinates: 50°30′07″N 2°35′31″E / 50.5019°N 2.5919°E / 50.5019; 2.5919Coordinates: 50°30′07″N 2°35′31″E / 50.5019°N 2.5919°E / 50.5019; 2.5919
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Lecomte
Area¹	2.59 km² (1.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	829
• Density	320/km² (830/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62445 / 62196
Elevation	32–61 m (105–200 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Béthune at the junction of the D181 and the D941 roads and one mile from junction 6 of the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	817	896	843	759	791	771	829
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 church of St.Denis, dating from the sixteenth century.
The vestiges of an eighteenth-century chateau and its outbuildings.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

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Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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