Servins

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Servins
Sarwin
Servins Coat of Arms
Servins (France)
Servins
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Bully-les-Mines
Community association Lens-Liévin
Coordinates 50 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 38'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 25 '  N , 2 ° 38'  E
height 135-183 m
surface 6.36 km 2
Residents 1,093 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 172 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62530
INSEE code

Servins ( Flemish : Sarwin ) is a French municipality with 1,093 inhabitants (as of 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 Bully-les-Mines (until 2015: canton of Sains-en-Gohelle ). Servins is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin . The inhabitants are called Servinois .

geography

The municipality is located about 20 kilometers west of Lens in the Gohelle landscape . Servins is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Hersin-Coupigny in the north, Bouvigny-Boyeffles in the northeast, Gouy-Servins in the east, Villers-au-Bois in the southeast, Camblain-l'Abbé in the south, Estrée-Cauchy in the west and southwest and Fresnicourt- le-dolmen to the west and north-west.

Population development

Population development
year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2012
Residents 490 520 473 618 803 882 1,027 1.102

Attractions

  • Saint-Martin church from the 18th century, monument historique since 1969
  • Hannedouche Chapel, built in 1681 on the foundations of an earlier building from the 15th century, monument historique since 1989
  • Stone cross, Monument historique since 1969

Web links

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