Sallaumines

Commune

Town hall of Sallaumines

Coat of arms

Sallaumines

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Sallaumines

Coordinates: 50°25′13″N 2°51′47″E / 50.4203°N 2.8631°ECoordinates: 50°25′13″N 2°51′47″E / 50.4203°N 2.8631°E

Country

Government

• Mayor (2001–2008)

Gilbert Rolos

Area¹

3.82 km² (1.47 sq mi)

Population (2006)²

10,517

• Density

2,800/km² (7,100/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

62771 /62430

Elevation

27–54 m (89–177 ft)
(avg. 43 m or 141 ft)

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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sallaumines is a commune of northern France.

Sallaumines is located in the Pas-de-Calais department. It belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.

The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.

On 18 June, 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area.

Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east.

The A21 motorway passes north of the town. Sallaumines has a train station (Gare de Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Lille, and another one (Gare de Pont-de-Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Valenciennes.

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