Mont-Bernanchon

Mont-Bernanchon
Commune
The town hall of Mont-Bernanchon
Coat of arms
Mont-Bernanchon Location within Hauts-de-France region Mont-Bernanchon
Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°35′25″E / 50.5839°N 2.5903°E / 50.5839; 2.5903Coordinates: 50°35′02″N 2°35′25″E / 50.5839°N 2.5903°E / 50.5839; 2.5903
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Claude Duhamel
Area1	11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,366
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62584 /62350
Elevation	16–37 m (52–121 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 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.

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

Geography

Mont-Bernanchon situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Béthune and 27 miles (43.5 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D937 and D184 roads. Both the Clarence River and the Canal d’Aire flow by the commune, which covers a large area of forests and lakes.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Nicaise, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mont-Bernanchon.

• The CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the churchyard
• Mont-Bernanchon on the Quid website (in French)