Vendin-lès-Béthune

Vendin-lès-Béthune
Vendin-lès-Béthune
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Vendin-lès-Béthune
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Béthune-Nord
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Courtois
Area1	3.63 km2 (1.40 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,474
• Density	680/km2 (1,800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62841 / 62232
Elevation	21–45 m (69–148 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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.

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

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, Vendin-lès-Béthune is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Béthune and 24 miles (38.6 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D180 and D181e roads.

Population

Historical population of Vendin-lès-Béthune

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	2026	2040	2533	2302	2450	2526	2474
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.Vaast, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

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