Hénu

Hénu
Commune
The chateau
Coat of arms
Hénu Location within Hauts-de-France region Hénu
Coordinates: 50°09′18″N 2°31′32″E / 50.155°N 2.5256°E / 50.155; 2.5256Coordinates: 50°09′18″N 2°31′32″E / 50.155°N 2.5256°E / 50.155; 2.5256
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Sebastien Desbureaux
Area1	4.38 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	161
• Density	37/km2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62430 /62760
Elevation	104–162 m (341–531 ft) (avg. 152 m or 499 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.

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

Geography

A small farming village situated 18 miles (29 km) southwest of Arras, on the D6 road.

Population

Places of interest

• The eighteenth-century chateau built by the de Coupigny family in 1745. It was seized during the French Revolution and used as a chicory factory.
• The church of St. Nicholas, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hénu.

• The CWGC cemetery
• Hénu on the Quid website (in French)