Beuvry

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Beuvry
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Beuvry (France)
Beuvry
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Bethune
Canton Beuvry (main town)
Community association Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels
Coordinates 50 ° 31 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 31 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E
height 18-42 m
surface 16.85 km 2
Residents 9,442 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 560 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62660
INSEE code

Mairie Beuvry

Beuvry is a French municipality with 9442 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It is part of the Artois Comm . Since 2015, Beuvry in the arrondissement of Béthune has been the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Beuvry , previously the municipality was part of the canton of Nœux-les-Mines .

geography

Beuvry is located about 35 kilometers southwest of Lille in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region . The town is a branch canal to the Canal d'Aire connected, the one in a chain of channels that have been developed for ships with a loading capacity of up to 3,000 tons Canal Dunkerque-Escaut forms.

history

From 1993 until the separation in 1997, the municipality was incorporated into the municipality of Béthune .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2009 2017
Residents 7749 7907 8147 8840 8744 9175 88565 9442
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Town twinning

In 1967 a town partnership was established with Ihmert , which was taken over by the town of Hemer with the incorporation of Ihmert .

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