Grenay, Pas-de-Calais
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| Coordinates: 50°27′10″N 2°44′38″E / 50.4528°N 2.7439°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Wingles |
| Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Mathieu Feutry |
Area 1 | 3.22 km2 (1.24 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | 6,704 |
| • Density | 2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62386 /62160 |
| Elevation | 48–80 m (157–262 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is part of the arrondissement of Lens, the canton of Wingles and the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin.[2] Its population was 6,899 in 2013.[3] The mayor announced his resignation on 31 March 2019; he was replaced by his first deputy Mathieu Feutry pending election
Geography
An ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.
Coal mining
Excavation of the 640 metres (2,100 ft) Mine 11 at Grenay by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began in October 1904. Excavation of the 749 metres (2,457 ft) Shaft 11bis, for ventilation, began in May 1906. Extraction started in April 1908. The shafts were back-filled in 1967 and the surface installions destroyed in 1969.[4]
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 | 2013 |
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| Population | 7396 | 8063 | 6902 | 5875 | 6213 | 6395 | 6427 | 6899 |
| 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 church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
- The church of St.Louise, dating from the twentieth century.
- The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
- An extremely old tree.
Twin town
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE, geographic data for Grenay
- ^ INSEE, statistics data for Grenay
- ^ Compagnie de Béthune (in French), Association MINING, archived from the original on 2017-07-31, retrieved 2017-07-31
External links
- Official town website (in French)
- CWGC cemetery
- Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)
- Grenay on the Quid website (in French)
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