Vendin-lès-Béthune

French commune
name= Vendin-lès-Béthune
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Nord
insee=62841
cp=62232
maire=Jean-Marie Courtois
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.60722222222
latitude=50.5427777778
alt moy=27 m
alt mini=21 m
alt maxi=45 m
hectares=363
km²=3,63
sans=2550
date-sans=2005
dens=695|

Vendin-lès-Béthune is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A ex-coalmining village suburb situated some convert|2|mi|km|1 to the northwest of Béthune centre and convert|24|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D180 and D181e roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Vaast, dating from the 19th century.
* The war memorial.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27326&req=Vendin-lès-Béthune Vendin-lès-Béthune on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 30th 2008."