- Houdain
French commune
name= Houdain
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton=Canton of Houdain (chef-lieu )
insee=62457
cp=62150
maire=Daniel Dewalle
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.53805555556
latitude=50.4527777778
alt moy=53 m
alt mini=45 m
alt maxi=121 m
hectares=630
km²=6,3
sans=7771
date-sans=1999
dens=1233|Houdain is a commune and chief town of a canton in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A former
coalmining , now a light industrial and farming town, situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 south ofBéthune at the junction of the D86, D301 and the D341 roads. The small rivers Lawe and Blanche join within the commune.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.John, dating from the
13th century .People with links to the commune
* Hervé, real name Florimond Ronger,
composer , was born here in1825 .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.mairie-houdain.fr/index1.html Official website of Houdain] fr
* [http://www.agglo-artoiscomm.fr/ Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26947&req=Houdain Houdain on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 18th 2008."
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