Marles-les-Mines

Marles-les-Mines
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Bethune
Canton	Auchel
Community association	Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels
Coordinates	50 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 30 ′ E Coordinates: 50 ° 30 ′ N , 2 ° 30 ′ E
height	37-99 m
surface	4.55 km 2
Residents	5,579 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	1,226 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62540
INSEE code	62555
	; Panorama of Marles-les-Mines

Marles-les-Mines is a French commune with 5579 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Béthune and is part of the canton of Auchel . The inhabitants arecalled Marlésiens .

geography

Marles-les-Mines is located on the Clarence river . Surrounded Marles-les-Mines of the neighboring communities Lozinghem in the north, Lapugnoy in the Northeast, Bruay-la-Buissiere the southeast, Calonne-Ricouart in the southwest and Auchel in the West.

The station Vis-à-Marles is on the railway line of Fives ( Lille ) to Abbeville .

history

Due to mining in the coal basin in northern France, the community experienced a significant influx of Polish migrant workers in the 1920s and had almost 14,000 inhabitants.