Erchin
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Douai | |
| Canton | Aniche | |
| Community association | Douaisis | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 19 ′ N , 3 ° 10 ′ E | |
| height | 33-74 m | |
| surface | 5.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 692 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 131 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59169 | |
| INSEE code | 59199 | |
Erchin is a French municipality with 692 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Douai and the Canton of Aniche (until 2015: Canton Arleux ). The inhabitants are called Erchinois .
geography
Erchin is about nine kilometers southeast of Douai as a former mining community in the northern French coalfield. Erchin is surrounded by the neighboring communities Lewarde in the north, Masny in the north and north-east, Monchecourt in the east, Villers-au-Tertre in the south and south-east, Bugnicourt in the south-west, Cantin in the west and south-west and Roucourt in the west and north-west.
history
The most famous mine, the Fosse Sébastopol , was closed in 1961.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 625 | 644 | 630 | 653 | 810 | 781 | 722 | 757 |
| Source: Cassini and INSEE | ||||||||
See also
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 65-66.
Web links
Commons : Erchin - collection of images, videos and audio files
