Sallaumines
Sallaumines (French pronunciation: [salomin]; Picard: Sallaumine or Sallau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France.[3]
Sallaumines | |
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 Town hall of Sallaumines | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Sallaumines | |
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| Coordinates: 50°25′13″N 2°51′47″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Avion |
| Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Christian Pedowski[1] |
| Area 1 | 3.82 km2 (1.47 sq mi) |
| Population | 9,575 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62771 /62430 |
| Elevation | 27–54 m (89–177 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Administration
Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
History
The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.
On 18 June 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 14,768 | — |
| 1975 | 12,971 | −1.84% |
| 1982 | 12,081 | −1.01% |
| 1990 | 11,036 | −1.12% |
| 1999 | 10,677 | −0.37% |
| 2007 | 10,466 | −0.25% |
| 2012 | 9,621 | −1.67% |
| 2017 | 9,715 | +0.19% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Geography
Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east.
Transportation
The A21 motorway passes north of the town. Sallaumines has a train station (Gare de Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Lille, and another one (Gare de Pont-de-Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Valenciennes.
Twin towns - sister cities
Sallaumines is twinned with:[5]
Lugau, Germany
Torez, Ukraine
Trbovlje, Slovenia
Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2020". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2022.
- INSEE commune file
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- "Villes jumelées". ville-sallaumines.fr (in French). Sallaumines. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
External links
- Communauté d'Agglomération de Lens-Liévin (in French)