Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune (French pronunciation: [ediɲœl lɛ betyn], literally Hesdigneul near Béthune; Picard: Hédignu-lès-Bétheune) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Commune
The town hall of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
Coat of arms
Location of Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune
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Coordinates: 50°30′07″N 2°35′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Nœux-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maurice Lecomte[1]
Area 1	2.59 km2 (1.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	842
• Density	330/km2 (840/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62445 /62196
Elevation	32–61 m (105–200 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A small farming village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Béthune at the junction of the D181 and the D941 roads and one mile from junction 6 of the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	898	—
1975	843	−0.90%
1982	759	−1.49%
1990	791	+0.52%
1999	771	−0.28%
2007	818	+0.74%
2012	825	+0.17%
2017	822	−0.07%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Denis, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The vestiges of an eighteenth-century chateau and its outbuildings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department