Hersin-Coupigny

Hersin-Coupigny
Hersin-Coupigny
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Hersin-Coupigny
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Sains-en-Gohelle
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Marie Caramiaux
Area1	12.02 km2 (4.64 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,336
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62443 / 62530
Elevation	46–186 m (151–610 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 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.

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

Population

Historical population of Hersin-Coupigny

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	7272	7980	7500	7015	6679	6498	6336
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Hersin-Coupigny on the Quid website (French)