The

Communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

of Hénin-Carvin is the ''

communauté d'agglomération An agglomeration community (, ) is a consortium of communes in France, communes (municipality, municipalities) in France, created as a government structure by the Jean-Pierre Chevènement, Chevènement Law of 1999. It is one of four forms of co ...

'', an intercommunal structure, centred on the

cities A city is a human settlement of a substantial size. The term "city" has different meanings around the world and in some places the settlement can be very small. Even where the term is limited to larger settlements, there is no universally agree ...

Hénin-Beaumont Hénin-Beaumont (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of Franc about east of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens. History The commune came into existence in 1970, the r ...

and Carvin. It is located in the

Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...

department, in the

Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...

region In geography, regions, otherwise referred to as areas, zones, lands or territories, are portions of the Earth's surface that are broadly divided by physical characteristics (physical geography), human impact characteristics (human geography), and ...

, northern

France France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...

. It was created on 1 January 2001. Its seat is Hénin-Beaumont.CA d'Hénin-Carvin (N° SIREN : 246200299)
BANATIC, accessed 17 October 2024. Its area is 112.1 km². Its population was 126,509 in 2018, of which 25,917 in Hénin-Beaumont.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 14 communes:INSEE
/ref> # Bois-Bernard # Carvin # Courcelles-lès-Lens #

Courrières Courrières () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about northeast of Lens. The Lens canal and the canalized river Deûle forms three quarters of the borders of the commune. Nearest communes ...

# Dourges # Drocourt # Évin-Malmaison #

# Leforest # Libercourt # Montigny-en-Gohelle # Noyelles-Godault #

Oignies Oignies (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France northeast of Lens. Heraldry Population Notable people * Guy Drut, born there in 1950, Olympic track athlete. * Michel Jazy, Olympic track ...

# Rouvroy

References

External links

Official Website
Henin-Carvin Henin-Carvin Hauts-de-France region articles needing translation from French Wikipedia {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub