Vieille-Chapelle

French commune
name= Vieille-Chapelle
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Béthune-Est
insee=62851
cp=62136
maire=Jean-Michel Desse
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.70638888889
latitude=50.5922222222
alt moy=18 m
alt mini=16 m
alt maxi=19 m
hectares=341
km²=3,41
sans=707
date-sans=2005
dens=205|

Vieille-Chapelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some convert|7|mi|km|1 northeast of Béthune and convert|15|mi|km|1 west of Lille, at the junction of the D182 and D172 roads. The river Lawe flows through the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* Ruins of a medieval castle.
* The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt along with much of the village, after World War I.
* The war memorial.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=28300&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027544&mode=1 The CWGC military cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27336&req=Vieille-Chapelle Vieille-Chapelle on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 30th 2008."