Divion

Divion
Divion coal mine, c 1900
Coat of arms
Divion
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Divion
Coordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°E / 50.4731; 2.5025Coordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°E / 50.4731; 2.5025
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Divion (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danièle Seux
Area1	10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	7,218
• Density	660/km2 (1,700/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62270 / 62460
Elevation	37–138 m (121–453 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 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.

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

Geography

An ex-coalmining town some 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 34 miles (54.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the N41 roads, now bypassed by the D301. Since the mid-1960s, work in farming and light industry have replaced coal mining.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• A fifteenth century sandstone cross.
• Remains of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Divion.

• Website of the Agglomération de l'Artois (French)
• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
• Divion on the Quid website (French)