Laventie
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Bethune | |
| Canton | Beuvry | |
| Community association | Flandre Lys | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 38 ' N , 2 ° 46' E | |
| height | 15-20 m | |
| surface | 18.13 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,994 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 275 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62840 | |
| INSEE code | 62491 | |
| Website | www.ville-laventie.fr | |
Laventie (ndl .: Wentie ) is a French commune with 4994 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) in the Hauts-de-France region . It belongs to the arrondissement of Béthune in the department of Pas-de-Calais and the canton of Beuvry and was the capital of the canton of Laventie until its dissolution in 2015 .
geography
The municipality of Laventie is around 23 km west of Lille
history
Laventie used to be the capital of the L'Alloeu region .
On December 28, 1941, a serious railway accident occurred between Laventie and La Gorgue when two trains collided here on the Nantes – La Roche-sur-Yon railway . 56 people died and 40 were also injured.
Partnerships
From 1967 to 1974 there was a partnership with the former municipality of Sümmern . With the incorporation of Sümmerns into the city of Iserlohn , the city partnership was transferred to Iserlohn in 1975.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Peter WB Semmens: Catastrophes on rails. A worldwide documentation. Transpress, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-344-71030-3 , p. 106.