Bouchain
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Bouchain
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Valenciennes |
| Canton | Bouchain |
| Intercommunality | Porte du Hainaut |
| Mayor | Jacques-Pierre Boltz (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 31–100 m (102–330 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| Land area1 | 12.39 km2 (4.78 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 4,282 (1999) |
| - Density | 346 /km2 (900 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59092/ 59111 |
| 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°17′04″N 3°19′04″E / 50.2844°N 3.3178°E
Bouchain is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It lies halfway between Cambrai and Valenciennes. Bouchain is a former part of the County of Hainaut.
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[edit] See also
It is twinned with Halesworth and Eitorf
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Halesworth and Eitorf are twinned with Bouchain.
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