Mont-Bernanchon

Mont-Bernanchon
Mont-Bernanchon
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Mont-Bernanchon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Marie-Claude Duhamel
Area1	11.4 km2 (4.4 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,366
• Density	120/km2 (310/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62584 / 62350
Elevation	16–37 m (52–121 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

Mont-Bernanchon situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Béthune and 27 miles (43.5 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D937 and D184 roads. Both the Clarence River and the Canal d’Aire flow by the commune, which covers a large area of forests and lakes.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
908	861	872	972	1262	1170	1366
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Nicaise, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the churchyard
• Mont-Bernanchon on the Quid website (French)