Penin

Penin
Commune
The chateau of Penin
Coat of arms
Location of Penin
Penin Penin
Coordinates: 50°19′41″N 2°29′07″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)	Jean-Marie Lavigne
Area 1	9.14 km2 (3.53 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	404
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62651 /62127
Elevation	108–151 m (354–495 ft) (avg. 133 m or 436 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Penin is situated 14 miles (23 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D82 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
321	346	330	333	330	356	404
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The sixteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Penin on the Quid website Template:Fr