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Divion coal mine, c 1900
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Divion
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| Coordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°ECoordinates: 50°28′23″N 2°30′09″E / 50.4731°N 2.5025°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Béthune | |
| Canton | Auchel | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Danièle Seux | |
| Area1 | 10.96 km2 (4.23 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 7,218 | |
| • Density | 660/km2 (1,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62270 /62460 | |
| Elevation | 37–138 m (121–453 ft) (avg. 57 m or 187 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Divion is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
An ex-coalmining town some 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 34 miles (54.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the N41 roads, now bypassed by the D301. Since the mid-1960s, work in farming and light industry have replaced coal mining.
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