Coordinates: 50°26′50″N 2°15′22″E / 50.4472°N 2.2561°E / 50.4472; 2.2561

Anvin

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Anvin
The church of Anvin
The church of Anvin
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CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonSaint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
IntercommunalityCC du Ternois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) André Olivier[1]
Area
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7.83 km2 (3.02 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62036 /62134
Elevation51–150 m (167–492 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Anvin (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃vɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[2]

Geography

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Anvin is a farming village located in the Ternoise river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.

Population

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The inhabitants are called Anvinois in French.

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 615—    
1975 587−0.66%
1982 639+1.22%
1990 666+0.52%
1999 741+1.19%
2009 803+0.81%
2014 778−0.63%
2020 736−0.92%
Source: INSEE[3]

Sights

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  • The church of St. Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The ruins of a seventeenth-century chateau.
  • Vestiges of a watermill.

Transport

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The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Anvin in 1881.[4] The railway closed in 1952.[5] Anvin station was also served by the SNCF. Although the line is still open to traffic, the station is closed.

See also

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Sources

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ INSEE commune file
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, p. 31.
  5. ^ Farebrother & Farebrother 2008, pp. 281–82.

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