Violaines
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Bethune | |
| Canton | Douvrin | |
| Community association | Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 32 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | |
| height | 19-34 m | |
| surface | 10.01 km 2 | |
| Residents | 3,667 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 366 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62138 | |
| INSEE code | 62863 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-violaines.fr/ | |
Violaines is a French municipality with 3667 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in Pas-de-Calais in the region Nord-Pas-de-Calais . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Béthune and the canton of Douvrin . The inhabitants are called Violainais (es) .
geography
The Canal d'Aire , a section of the large shipping route Dunkirk-Scheldt , runs through Violaines, a former mining community . Violaines is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Richebourg in the north and northwest, Lorgies in the north and northeast, La Bassée in the east, Haisnes in the southeast, Auchy-les-Mines in the south, Vermelles and Cuinchy in the southwest, Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée in the west and southwest and Festubert in the west.
The former Route nationale 41 (today's D941) and the former Route nationale 47 (today's D947) run through the municipality .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 1,817 | 1,984 | 2,425 | 2,890 | 3,524 | 3,577 | 3,687 | 3,690 |
Attractions
- Saint-Vaast church
- British military cemetery
Parish partnership
There is a partnership with the Wandhofen district of the German municipality of Schwerte in North Rhine-Westphalia .
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