- Violaines
French commune
name= Violaines
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Douvrin
insee=62863
cp=62138
maire=Jean-Bernard Firmin
mandat=2008 -2014
Gentilé=Violainois, Violainoises
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.78972222222
latitude=50.5411111111
alt moy=24 m
alt mini=19 m
alt maxi=34 m
hectares=1 001
km²=10,01
sans=3688
date-sans=2004
dens=357|Violaines is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
An ex-
coalmining , farming and light industrial village situated some convert|7|mi|km|1 east ofBéthune and convert|17|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D167 and D947 roads.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt along with much of the village, after
World War I .
* The war memorial.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.Twin town
flagicon|GER
Wandhofen ,Germany .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.artoiscomm.fr/artoiscomm.php?rub=109 Regional website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027546&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27347&req=Violaines Violaines 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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