- Barlin
French commune
name= Barlin
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Barlin (chef-lieu )
insee=62083
cp=62620
maire= Michel Dagbert
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.61944444444
latitude=50.4558333333
alt moy=63 m
alt mini=51 m
alt maxi=131 m
hectares=618
km²=6,18
sans=7925
date-sans=1999
dens=1282|Barlin is a commune and chief town of a canton in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A small ex-
coal mining town, now a light engineering and farming commune, situated convert|7|mi|km|1 south of Béthune and convert|30|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D57, D179 and the D188 roads.History
We have to go back to
1141 to find the first mention of theparish of Barlin in amanuscript now kept in theNational Archives . It was then spelt Ballin or Bellin. The name changed several times over the centuries: Ballin in1141 , Bellin in1438 and Barlaing in1556 , it was not until the next century that it became Barlin.
In the12th century , the territory of Barlin was divided into severallordship s which depended onSaint-Pol-sur-Ternoise ,Arras orBethune . In1207 , Thomas Hasbare wasseigneur of Barlin. The Melun family succeeded him and one of their lords, nicknamed Le Brun, the king's chamberlain, saw his property confiscated by DukeJohn the Fearless , who had accused him of alliegence with his enemies. The Duke of Burgundy then donated the land and income of Barlin to Walleran de Juhaucourt.
In the mid-nineteenth century,coalmining began at Barlin and the town flourished. The mines closed in the1960 s.
Today, Barlin is a modern and dynamic place that offers its residents numerous amenities: schools, colleges, a swimming pool, a library and sports halls.Population
Places of interest
*The church of St.Pierre, dating from the
18th century .
*TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
*The museumee also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.barlin.fr/ Barlin official website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26582&req=Barlin Barlin on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.barlin.net/ Barlin schools' website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=53900&mode=1 The CWGC communal cemetery extension at Barlin]
* [http://www.agglo-artoiscomm.fr/ Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois] frNotes
*This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted onJuly 11 ,2008 .
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