Lapugnoy
| Lapugnoy | |
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  Lapugnoy | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Lapugnoy | |
| Coordinates: 50°31′02″N 2°32′28″E / 50.5172°N 2.5411°ECoordinates: 50°31′02″N 2°32′28″E / 50.5172°N 2.5411°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Béthune-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Delannoy |
| Area1 | 8.61 km2 (3.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 3,323 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62489 / 62122 |
| Elevation |
24–93 m (79–305 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 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. | |
Lapugnoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A small farming and forestry town, situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) southwest of Lille, on the D70 road, by the banks of the Clarence River and traversed by the A26 autoroute..
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 2519 | 2645 | 3259 | 3375 | 3426 | 3310 | 3323 |
| 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
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
- The church of St. Vaast, dating from the nineteenth century.
See also
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