Annequin

Annequin
Commune
The church of Annequin
Coat of arms
Annequin Location within Hauts-de-France region Annequin
Coordinates: 50°30′28″N 2°43′33″E / 50.5078°N 2.7258°E / 50.5078; 2.7258Coordinates: 50°30′28″N 2°43′33″E / 50.5078°N 2.7258°E / 50.5078; 2.7258
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Douvrin
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Dupont
Area1	3.99 km2 (1.54 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,343
• Density	590/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62034 /62149
Elevation	19–38 m (62–125 ft) (avg. 23 m or 75 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Annequin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Annequin is a large farming (and ex-mining) village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 and the N41 roads.

Coal mining

Excavation of Mine 9 by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began at Annequin in 1893. Mine 9 began production in 1896, ventilated by shaft 4bis. Shaft 12 was started at Annequin in February 1909 and reached a depth of 520 metres (1,710 ft). It was connected to Mine 9 and was used only for ventilation. Mine 9 was closed in 1964 and Shaft 12 in 1965.^[1]

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century.
• Remains of a 13th-century castle, destroyed in 1820.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Annequin (Pas-de-Calais).

• The CWCG communal cemetery
• Annequin on the Quid website (in French)