- Verquin
French commune
name= Verquin
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Sud
insee=62848
cp=62131
maire=Thierry Tassez
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.64083333333
latitude=50.5030555556
alt moy=40 m
alt mini=25 m
alt maxi=52 m
hectares=370
km²=3,7
sans=3289
date-sans=2005
dens=879|Verquin is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
An ex-
coalmining town, now a farming and light industrial commune, situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 south ofBéthune centre and convert|24|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D941, D937 and D72 roads. TheA26 autoroute passes through the middle of the commune.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Amé, dating from the
16th century .
* The war memorial.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=57504&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27332&req=Verquin Verquin 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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