Gonnehem

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Gonnehem

(2020–2026) Bernard Delelis^[1]Area

15.31 km² (5.91 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

2,507 • Density160/km² (420/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62376 /62920

Elevation17–44 m (56–144 ft)
(avg. 20 m or 66 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gonnehem (French pronunciation: [ɡɔnɛm]; Picard: Gonhin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

The trumpeter Marc Geujon was born in Gonneheim on 8 October 1974.

Geography

A large farming village situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Béthune and 22 miles (35 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D181, D182 and the D70 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,755	—
1975	1,740	−0.12%
1982	1,805	+0.53%
1990	2,172	+2.34%
1999	2,139	−0.17%
2007	2,289	+0.85%
2012	2,519	+1.93%
2017	2,536	+0.13%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The fifteenth-century chateau de Werppe.
The manorhouse de Bron, dating from the fifteenth century.
The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
The church at the hamlet of Busnettes.

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