Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Lecomte
Area1	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	829
• Density	320/km2 (830/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62445 / 62196
Elevation	32–61 m (105–200 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Béthune at the junction of the D181 and the D941 roads and one mile from junction 6 of the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	817	896	843	759	791	771	829
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Denis, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The vestiges of an eighteenth-century chateau and its outbuildings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune on the Quid website (French)