Drouvin-le-Marais

Drouvin-le-Marais
Drouvin-le-Marais
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Drouvin-le-Marais
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Nœux et environs
Mayor	Catherine Decourcelle (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	34–58 m (112–190 ft) (avg. 51 m/167 ft)
Land area1	2.12 km2 (0.82 sq mi)
Population2	512  (2004)
- Density	242 /km2 (630 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62278/ 62131
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.

Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°37′48″E / 50.4947222222°N 2.63°E / 50.4947222222; 2.63

Drouvin-le-Marais is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Béthune and 28 miles (45.1 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D171 and the D72 roads.

Population

Historical population of Drouvin-le-Marais

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
343	354	334	344	383	404	512
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Drouvin-le-Marais on the Quid website (French)