Valhuon Knowpia

Valhuon
Valhuon
Commune
	The church of Valhuon
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°26′05″N 2°22′41″E / 50.4347°N 2.3781°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Pagerie
Area 1	9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population (2021)	549
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62835 /62550
Elevation	118–167 m (387–548 ft) ; (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valhuon (French pronunciation: [valɥɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography edit

Valhoun lies 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population edit

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	529	—
1975	513	−0.44%
1982	545	+0.87%
1990	535	−0.23%
1999	469	−1.45%
2007	545	+1.90%
2012	580	+1.25%
2017	569	−0.38%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest edit

The church of St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.
The sixteenth-century chateau.
A windmill built in the 18th century.

Notable person edit

Albert Châtelet (1883–1960) politician and mathematician, was born in Valhuon

References edit

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links edit

Official website (in French)

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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