Sallaumines

Sallaumines
Town hall of Sallaumines
Sallaumines
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Sallaumines
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Lens-Est
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Mayor	Gilbert Rolos (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	27–54 m (89–177 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
Land area1	3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population2	10,517  (2006)
- Density	2,753 /km2 (7,130 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62771/ 62430
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.

Sallaumines is a commune of northern France.

Administration

Sallaumines is located in the Pas-de-Calais department. It belongs to the Lens-Liévin interommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.

History

The history of the area remains marked by the mining disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.

On 18 June, 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area.

Geography

Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east.

Transportation

It is linked by the A21 to its west and northeast. It is passed by route N43.

Twin towns

• Trbovlje, Slovenia
• Wodzisław Śląski, Poland

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Communauté d'Agglomération de Lens-Liévin (in French)