Vermelles

French commune
name= Vermelles
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Cambrin
insee=62846
cp=62980
maire=Jean-Marc Déalet
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.74666666667
latitude=50.4888888889
alt moy=43 m
alt mini=23 m
alt maxi=50 m
hectares=1 039
km²=10,39
sans=4523
date-sans=2005
dens=435|

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

Geography

A ex-coalmining town situated some convert|6|mi|km|1 southeast of Béthune centre and convert|20|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks of the river Surgeon.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War.
* The war memorials.
* The modern church of Notre-Dame.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

Twin town

flagicon|GER Glauchau, in Germany.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2000089&mode=1 The CWGC British cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=62306&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=4003820&mode=1 CWGC Quarry Cemetery at Vermelles]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27331&req=Vermelles Vermelles on the Quid website] fr

Notes

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