Houvin-Houvigneul

Houvin-Houvigneul
Houvin-Houvigneul
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Houvin-Houvigneul
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Delbée
Area1	8.66 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	228
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62459 / 62270
Elevation	108–148 m (354–486 ft) (avg. 143 m or 469 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.

Houvin-Houvigneul is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 20 miles (32 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D54 and the D23 roads. The commune was created in 1856 by merging Houvin and Houvigneul.

Population

Historical population of Houvin-Houvigneul

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	298	315	266	245	221	201	228
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 church of St.Killen, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A ruined 15th century tower.
• The chapel at Houvin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A seventeenth century farmhouse

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Houvin-Houvigneul on the Quid website (French)
• Satellite view on wikimapia