Laventie

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Coordinates: 50°37′42″N 2°46′19″E / 50.6283, 2.77194

Commune of Laventie

Location
Laventie (France)
Laventie
Administration
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)
Miscellaneous
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.
France

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

Coordinates: 50°37′41″N, 2°46′17″E