- Saint-Venant
French commune
name= Saint-Venant
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Lillers | insee=62770|cp=62350 |maire=André Flajolet |mandat=2008 -2014 | intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys | longitude=2.545299 |latitude=50.62322 |alt moy=18 m |alt mini= |alt maxi=| hectares=1 424 |km²=14,24 |sans=3260 |date-sans=2006 |dens=235.36 |Saint-Venant is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming town, with some light industrial activity, situated some convert|9|mi|km|1 northwest of
Béthune and convert|26|mi|km|1 west ofLille , at the junction of the D186 and D916 roads and by the banks of theLys River .Population
Places of interest
* The church of St. Venant, rebuilt along with much of the village, after the
First World War .
* The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall), dating from the18th century .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* A war memorial.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=29401&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the churchyard]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=59100&mode=1 The CWGC British cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27252&req=Saint-Venant Saint-Venant on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 30th 2008."
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