Auchy-les-Mines

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Auchy-les-Mines

Coat of arms of Auchy-les-Mines
Auchy-les-Mines is located in France
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Auchy-les-Mines
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Cambrin
Intercommunality Artois
Mayor Jean Clarisse
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 23–37 m (75–121 ft)
(avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
Land area1 5.1 km2 (2.0 sq mi)
Population2 4,459  (1999)
 - Density 874 /km2 (2,260 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62051/ 62138
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.

Coordinates: 50°30′46″N 2°47′05″E / 50.5128°N 2.7847°E / 50.5128; 2.7847

Auchy-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Until 1926 it was named Auchy-lez-La-Bassée.

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[edit] Geography

A small ex-coal mining town, now mostly a light engineering and farming commune, situated 6 miles (9.7 km) east of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the N41 and the D163 roads.

[edit] Population

Historical population of Auchy-les-Mines
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 3827 3989 3785 3664 4076 4459
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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