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Bruay-la-Buissière
Bruay-la-Buissière (; , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region in northern France. Geography It is a former coalmining town some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D57 and the N47 roads. History With four coal mines, it was the headquarters of the Bruay Mining Company. The coal mines closed during the 1960s, to be replaced by light industrial work and chemical factories. In April 1972 the murder of miner's daughter Brigitte Dewevre became a politicized event when Pierre Leroy, a local middle-class lawyer associated with the local mining company, was arrested: ''La Cause du Peuple'', the paper of the Maoist Gauche prolétarienne, publicized the case with the headline 'Bruay: And Now They Are Massacring Our Children!' The two former communes of Bruay-en-Artois and Labuissière were joined as one commune in 1987. Population The population da ...
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Ludovic Pajot
Ludovic Pajot (born 18 November 1993) is a French politician who served as the member of the National Assembly for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais from 2017 to 2021. A member of the National Rally (until 2018 named National Front), he has been Mayor of Bruay-la-Buissière since 2020. At age 24 in 2017, Pajot was the youngest member of the 15th National Assembly. He previously was a municipal councillor in Béthune, first elected in 2014. Biography Studies and early life Ludovic Pajot was born into a farming family. He studied law at Lille Catholic University. In 2012, he joined the National Front. He was elected a municipal councillor of Béthune in 2014 and regional councillor of Hauts-de-France in 2015. Upon his election as a parliamentarian, he resigned from the municipal council of Béthune. Member of the National Assembly In the 2017 legislative election, he was elected in the second round to Parliament for the 10th constituency of Pas-de-Calais, with over 52 ...
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