Annequin

Annequin
Coat of arms
Annequin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Annequin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Dupont
Area1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,343
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62034 / 62149
Elevation	19–38 m (62–125 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 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.

Annequin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A large farming (and ex-mining) village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 and the N41 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,977	—
1968	2,101	+6.3%
1975	1,897	−9.7%
1982	1,912	+0.8%
1990	2,086	+9.1%
1999	2,157	+3.4%
2009	2,343	+8.6%

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century.
• Remains of a 13th-century castle, destroyed in 1820.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWCG communal cemetery
• Annequin on the Quid website (French)