Halluin
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Lille |
| Canton | Tourcoing-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Lille Métropole |
| Mayor | Jean-Luc Deroo (2001–2008) |
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| Elevation | 20 m (66 ft) avg. |
| Land area1 | 12.56 km2 (4.85 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 18,997 (1999) |
| - Density | 1,513 /km2 (3,920 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59279/ 59250 |
| 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°47′01″N 3°07′32″E / 50.7836°N 3.1256°E
Halluin (in Dutch: Halewijn) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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[edit] Geography
It is located at the north of the Lille Urban Community, on the Belgian border, contiguous with the Belgian town of Menen.
[edit] Heraldry
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The arms of Halluin are blazoned : |
[edit] Points of interest
[edit] Twin towns
Halluin is twinned with:
- Menen, Belgium
- Oer-Erkenschwick, Germany - since 1969
- North Tyneside, England - since 1994
- Pniewy, Poland - since 1998
- Lübbenau, Germany - since 2000
- Kočevje, Slovenia - since 2000
- NKong-Zem, Cameroon - since 2001
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- INSEE commune file
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
[edit] External links
- Halluin official website (in French)
- Halluin 2008 (in French)
- Halluin Tawhid Masjeed official website (in French)
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