Hénu

Hénu
Commune
The chateau
Coat of arms
Location of Hénu
Hénu Hénu
Coordinates: 50°09′18″N 2°31′32″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sebastien Desbureaux
Area 1	4.38 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	156
• Density	36/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62430 /62760
Elevation	104–162 m (341–531 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hénu is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arras, on the D6 road.

Population

Historical population of Hénu

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	154	178	147	127	143	152	161
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 eighteenth-century chateau built by the de Coupigny family in 1745. It was seized during the French Revolution and used as a chicory factory.
• The church of St. Nicholas, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery