Béthune

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Coordinates: 50°31′49″N 2°38′27″E / 50.53027, 2.64083

Commune of Béthune

Grand'Place in Béthune

Location
Béthune (France)
Béthune
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Béthune-Nord and -Sud
Intercommunality Communauté
d'agglomération
de l'Artois
Mayor Jacques Mellick
(2002-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 18 m–42 m
(avg. 26 m)
Land area¹ 12.97 km²
Population²
(1999)
27,808
 - Density 2,142/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62119/ 62400
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France
East of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune, Lens, Hénin-Beaumont)

Béthune (Dutch: Betun) is a city and commune of northern France, sous-préfecture of the Pas-de-Calais département. It is the administrative center of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois, which gathers 58 communes, and has a total population of approximately 200,000. In the 1999 census, Béthune had a population of 27,808. The commune has a land area of 12.97 km² (5.008 sq mi).

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History

Béthune is located in the former province of Artois.

Sights

Belfry of Béthune

Béthune is famous for its Belfry (tower in the central square of the city).

Miscellaneous

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