Divion

Divion
Commune
Divion coal mine, c 1900
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°E / 50.4731; 2.5025Coordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°E / 50.4731; 2.5025
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacky Lemoine
Area 1	10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	6,977
• Density	640/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62270 /62460
Elevation	37–138 m (121–453 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Divion (French pronunciation: ​[divjɔ̃]) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of 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 roads, now bypassed by the D301. Since the mid-1960s, work in farming and light industry have replaced coal mining.

Population[]

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.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Divion.

• Website of the Agglomération de l'Artois (in French)
• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery

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