Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune (, literally ''Hesdigneul

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Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a city in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department. Geography Béthune is located in the former province of Artois. It is situated south-east of Calais, ...

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in the

Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...

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in the

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Geography

A small farming village, situated some southwest of

at the junction of the D181 and the D941 roads and one mile from junction 6 of the

A26 autoroute The A26 is a long French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais (''Motorway of the English'') as its length forms the first part of the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the Channel Tunnel ...

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Denis, dating from the sixteenth century. * The vestiges of an eighteenth-century chateau and its outbuildings.

Geography

Population

Places of interest

See also