Sallaumines

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Sallaumines
Sallaumines Coat of Arms
Sallaumines (France)
Sallaumines
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Avion
Community association Lens-Liévin
Coordinates 50 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E
height 27-54 m
surface 3.82 km 2
Residents 9,715 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 2,543 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62430
INSEE code
Website www.ville-sallaumines.fr

The Sallaumines Town Hall

Sallaumines is a municipality in the north of France (with 9,715 inhabitants Sallauminois called at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . The place belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin , which consists of 36 communities with a total of 250,000 inhabitants.

geography

Neighboring municipalities are Méricourt in the southeast, Avion in the southwest, Lens in the west, Loison-sous-Lens in the north, Harnes in the northeast and Noyelles-sous-Lens in the east.

history

A defining event in the history of the region was the Courrières mining disaster on March 10, 1906, which killed 1,099 people.

Population development
1954 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
14,541 15,335 14,768 12,971 12,081 11,036 10,677 10,413 9,505

politics

mayor

Christian Pedowski has been the mayor of the municipality since 2014.

Twin cities

traffic

The place is connected to the A21 (Lens – Douai) in the west and northeast . The N43 runs through Sallaumines .

Individual evidence

  1. Populations légales 2013 de la commune. Retrieved January 9, 2016 (French).
  2. ^ Les élections municipales 2014. Retrieved January 9, 2016 (French).
  3. Villes jumelées. Retrieved January 10, 2016 (French).

Web links

Commons : Sallaumines  - collection of images, videos and audio files