Saint-Venant

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Saint-Venant
Saint-Venant
Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 2°32′43″E / 50.6232°N 2.5453°E / 50.6232; 2.5453Coordinates: 50°37′24″N 2°32′43″E / 50.6232°N 2.5453°E / 50.6232; 2.5453
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Lillers
Intercommunality Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
  Mayor (20082014) André Flajolet
Area
  Land1 14.24 km2 (5.50 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 3,367
  Population2 Density 240/km2 (610/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62770 / 62350

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.

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

Geography

Saint-Venant is situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) northwest of Béthune and 26 miles (41.8 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D186 and D916 roads and by the banks of the Lys River.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
4029 4328 3988 4127 3887 3208 3367
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Venant, rebuilt along with much of the village, after the First World War.
  • The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall), dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
  • A war memorial.

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