Carency
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Location of Carency | |
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Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3792°N 2.705°E / 50.3792; 2.705 | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Lens |
Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
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• Mayor (2020–2026) | Justin Clairet[1] |
Area
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| 8.6 km2 (3.3 sq mi) |
Population
(2021)[2]
| 801 |
• Density | 93/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62213 /62144
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Elevation | 79–152 m (259–499 ft) (avg. 111 m or 364 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Carency (French pronunciation: [kaʁɑ̃si]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 507 | — |
1975 | 525 | +0.50% |
1982 | 552 | +0.72% |
1990 | 711 | +3.21% |
1999 | 668 | −0.69% |
2007 | 713 | +0.82% |
2012 | 712 | −0.03% |
2017 | 750 | +1.05% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
François Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on 9 May 1915, during World War I.
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