Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune

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

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Commune
The town hall of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Coat of arms
Location of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
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Coordinates: 50°30′07″N 2°35′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Nœux-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Lecomte
Area ^1	2.59 km^2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	822
• Density	320/km^2 (820/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.