Bully-les-Mines
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines (main town) | |
| Community association | Lens-Liévin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 27 ' N , 2 ° 44' E | |
| height | 38-92 m | |
| surface | 7.66 km 2 | |
| Residents | 12,163 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,588 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62160 | |
| INSEE code | 62186 | |
| Website | www.bullylesmines.fr | |
 Town hall in Bully-les-Mines |
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Bully-les-Mines is a commune with 12,163 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It is the main town ( chef-lieu ) of the canton of Bully-les-Mines in the Arrondissement of Lens . The place is also part of the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin , an agglomeration of 36 municipalities with around 250,000 inhabitants.
geography
Located in the Gohelle countryside , Bully-les-Mines is to the north-west of Lens . The municipality is surrounded by Mazingarbe in the north, Grenay in the northeast, Liévin in the southeast, Aix-Noulette in the south and Sains-en-Gohelle in the west.
history
As a Gallo-Roman settlement, the Pagus Silvinus was part of the settlement area of the Atrebats . From 862 to 1191 Bully belonged to the Counts of Flanders. Bully was destroyed several times. In 1348 a large part of the population succumbed to the plague.
Attractions
The Saint-Maclou church with its bell tower from 1590 has been registered as a Monument historique since 1984 .
Town twinning
Bully-les-Mines has twinned cities with the German city of Elsdorf in North Rhine-Westphalia (1990) and with the Polish city of Wisła in the Silesian Voivodeship (2004).
Personalities
- Paul Vanuxem (1904–1979), General
- Édouard Pignon (1905–1993), painter
- César Marcelak (1913–2005), racing cyclist
- Jules Bigot (1915-2007), football player
- Liliane Berton (1924–2009), coloratura soprano
- Albert Eloy (1927-2008), football player
- André Strappe (1928–2006), football player
- René Dereuddre (1930–2008), football player
- Jean-Marie Vanlerenberghe (* 1939), politician ( UDI ), MEP
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