Dainville

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Dainville

(2020–2026) Françoise Rossignol^[1]Area

11.22 km² (4.33 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

5,703 • Density510/km² (1,300/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62263 /62000

Elevation64–107 m (210–351 ft)
(avg. 80 m or 260 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dainville (French pronunciation: [dɛ̃vil]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,971	—
1975	4,839	+7.22%
1982	5,758	+2.52%
1990	5,693	−0.14%
1999	5,392	−0.60%
2007	5,432	+0.09%
2012	5,825	+1.41%
2017	5,646	−0.62%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. Martin, dating from the thirteenth century.

Twin towns

Dainville is twinned with the following town:

Whitstable, Kent, England

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dainville.

The CWGC cemetery at Dainville
The communal cemetery
Official website of Dainville (in French)
Official website of the communauté urbaine d'Arras Archived 1 December 2005 at the Wayback Machine (in French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department