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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Thursday 12:11 AM

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Divion (chef-lieu)

Area
  
10.96 km²

Population
  
7,150 (1999)

Divion

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 18 km/h, 96% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 62460 Divion, France

Geography

An ex-coalmining town some 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 34 miles (54.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the N41 roads, now bypassed by the D301. Since the mid-1960s, work in farming and light industry have replaced coal mining.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after World War I.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
  • A fifteenth century sandstone cross.
  • Remains of an old castle.

    • References

    Divion Wikipedia
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