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Valhuon
Location of Valhuon
Map
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonHeuchin
IntercommunalityPernois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Roger Grut
Area
1
9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
541
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62835 /62550
Elevation118–167 m (387–548 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Valhoun lies 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population

Historical population of Valhuon
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population462529513545535469541
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 St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The sixteenth-century chateau.
  • A windmill built in the 18th century.

See also

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