Vendin-lès-Béthune

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Vendin-lès-Béthune Wenden
Commune
The town hall of Vendin-lès-Béthune
Coat of arms
Location of Vendin-lès-Béthune
(2020–2026)		Sylvie Meyfroidt Lefait^[1]
Area ¹	3.63 km² (1.40 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	2,393
• Density	660/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62841 /62232
Elevation	21–45 m (69–148 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vendin-lès-Béthune (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃dɛ̃ lɛ betyn], literally Vendin near Béthune; Picard: Vindin-lès-Betheune; West Flemish: Wenden) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, Vendin-lès-Béthune is situated 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Béthune and 24 miles (39 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D180 and D181e roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,040	—
1975	2,533	+3.14%
1982	2,302	−1.36%
1990	2,450	+0.78%
1999	2,526	+0.34%
2007	2,416	−0.56%
2012	2,401	−0.12%
2017	2,443	+0.35%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St.Vaast, dating from the nineteenth century.
The war memorial.
The Harlem Shake place
The Guelton memorial

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE