Haisnes

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Haisnes
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Haisnes
Coordinates: 50°30′31″N 2°48′09″E / 50.5086°N 2.8025°E / 50.5086; 2.8025Coordinates: 50°30′31″N 2°48′09″E / 50.5086°N 2.8025°E / 50.5086; 2.8025
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Douvrin
Intercommunality Artois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Frederic Wallet
Area
  Land1 5.58 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Population2 4,357
  Population2 Density 780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62401 / 62138
Elevation 22–47 m (72–154 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.

Haisnes is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Haisnes is a former coalmining town, now a light industrial and farming commune, situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) east of Béthune and 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D163 and the D947 roads.

Population

Historical population of Haisnes
Year196219681975198219901999
Population269627093106397045254357
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

St.Nicaise church

See also

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