Haillicourt
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  Haillicourt | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Haillicourt | ||
| Coordinates: 50°28′36″N 2°35′06″E / 50.4767°N 2.585°ECoordinates: 50°28′36″N 2°35′06″E / 50.4767°N 2.585°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Béthune | |
| Canton | Barlin | |
| Intercommunality | Artois | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Foucault | |
| Area1 | 4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 5,007 | |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62400 / 62940 | |
| Elevation |
39–93 m (128–305 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Haillicourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A former coal-mining town, now a light industrial and farming commune, situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Béthune and 32 miles (51.5 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D188 and the D86 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 6080 | 6089 | 5517 | 5370 | 5151 | 5007 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- Farmhouses and a dovecote dating from the seventeenth century.
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Haillicourt. |
- Haillicourt on the Quid website (French)