Hénin-Beaumont

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Coordinates: 50°25′18″N 2°57′3″E / 50.42167, 2.95083

Commune of Hénin-Beaumont

Location
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Coordinates 50°25′18″N 2°57′3″E / 50.42167, 2.95083
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Chief town of 2 cantons:
Hénin-Beaumont
Montigny-en-Gohelle
Intercommunality communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Mayor Gérard Dalongeville
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 23 m–65 m
(avg. 32 m)
Land area¹ 20.72 km²
Population²
(1999)
25,178
 - Density 1,215/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62427/ 62110
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.
France

Hénin-Beaumont is a commune and the chief town of a canton of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, arrondissement of Lens. It belongs to Communauté d'agglomération of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, and has a population of 125,313 inhabitants (1999 census) on 112.07 km² (43.27 sq mi) of territory.

East of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune, Lens, Hénin-Beaumont)
East of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune, Lens, Hénin-Beaumont)

The commune results from the merger of Hénin-Liétard and Beaumont in 1971. The total land area is 20.72 km² (8.000 sq mi).

Population (1999): 25,178 inhabitants (héninois) for the city and 30,717 for the canton (which includes the commune of Noyelles-Godault).

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