Hulluch
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Wingles | |
| Community association | Lens-Liévin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 29 ′ N , 2 ° 49 ′ E | |
| height | 21-51 m | |
| surface | 5.74 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,448 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 601 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62410 | |
| INSEE code | 62464 | |
 Château Hulluch around 1900 |
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Hulluch ( Dutch Hullode ) is a French municipality with 3448 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lens and the Canton of Wingles .
geography
The municipality of Hulluch is located about five kilometers north of Lens and 25 kilometers southwest of Lille .
history
The place can be proven by archaeologists as early as Gallo-Roman times . There has been a castle in this place since the beginning of the 14th century. This medieval complex was largely destroyed by repeated wars. In the time of Louis XIV , a richly decorated castle was built by Baron de Bertoult. This castle was destroyed in the First World War. From 1902 to 1978 coal was mined in the village .
Personalities
The poet Charles Sorley was killed near the place during the First World War.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969