- Haisnes
French commune
name= Haisnes
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton=Douvrin
insee=62401
cp=62138
maire=Fabien Pruvot
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.8025
latitude=50.5086111111
alt moy=26 m
alt mini=22 m
alt maxi=47 m
hectares=558
km²=5,58
sans=4357
date-sans=1999
dens=780|Haisnes is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A former
coalmining town, now a light industrial and farming commune, situated some convert|9|mi|km|1 east ofBethune and convert|16|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D163 and the D947 roads.Population
Places of interest
* The churches of St.Nicaise and St.Elie, both dating from the 20th century.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.People linked with the commune
John Kipling 1897 - 1915, son of
Rudyard Kipling , lies buried here at St.Mary's cemetery.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.haisnes.fr/haisnes.php Official website of Haisnes] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=33800&mode=1 St.Mary’s CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=62302&mode=1 Bois-Carré CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26893&req=Haisnes Haisnes on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 16th 2008."
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