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Hersin Coupigny

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
6,498 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Arrondissement of Lens

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Sains-en-Gohelle

Area
  
12.02 km²

Local time
  
Friday 3:23 PM

Hersin-Coupigny

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Weather
  
14°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 61% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Hersin-Coupigny, France

Geography

A farming town situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Lens, at the junction of the D301 and the D65 roads.

Places of interest

  • The eighteenth-century château de Coupigny
  • Ruins of an old windmill.
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

    • References

    Hersin-Coupigny Wikipedia
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