Vendin-lès-Béthune

Vendin-lès-Béthune
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Bethune
Canton	Bethune
Community association	Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels
Coordinates	50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '  N , 2 ° 36'  E
height	21-45 m
surface	3.63 km 2
Residents	2,443 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	673 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	62232
INSEE code	62841
Website	http://www.vendin-lez-bethune.fr/

Vendin-les-Bethune ( Flemish : Contact ) is a French municipality with 2443 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 Béthune and the canton of Béthune (until 2015: canton of Béthune-Nord ). The inhabitants are called Vendinois (es) .

geography

Vendin-lès-Béthune is located about three kilometers northwest of Béthune . Vendin-lès-Béthune is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Gonnehem in the north and northwest, Hinges in the north and northeast, Annezin in the south and east, Chocques in the west and southwest and Oblinghem in the west and northwest.

The former Route nationale 43 (today's D943) runs along the southern edge of the municipality .

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
Residents	2,026	2,040	2,533	2,302	2,450	2,526	2,430	2,401

Attractions

• Saint-Vaast church from the 19th century
• War memorial

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  town hall

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  Saint-Vaast church

Web links

Commons : Vendin-lès-Béthune  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969