Haillicourt

Haillicourt
Haillicourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Haillicourt
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Artois
Mayor	Gérard Foucault (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	39–93 m (128–305 ft) (avg. 70 m or 230 ft)
Land area1	4.46 km2 (1.72 sq mi)
Population2	5,007  (1999)
- Density	1,123 /km2 (2,910 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62400/ 62940
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.

Haillicourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A former coal-mining town, now a light industrial and farming commune, situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) south of Béthune and 32 miles (51.5 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D188 and the D86 roads.

Population

Historical population of Haillicourt

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	6080	6089	5517	5370	5151	5007
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• Farmhouses and a dovecote dating from the seventeenth century.
• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Haillicourt on the Quid website (French)