Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane 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

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Béthune Béthune ( ; archaic and ''Bethwyn'' historically in English) is a town in northern France, Subprefectures in France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department. Geography Béthune is located in the Provinces of Fran ...

and Bruay-la-Buissière. 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. ...

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, northern

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. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté d'agglomération de Béthune Bruay Nœux et environs and the former '' communautés de communes'' Artois-Lys and Artois-Flandres. Its area is 645.6 km². Its population was 276,759 in 2018.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 5 April 2022.

Composition

The communauté d'agglomération consists of the following 100 communes:CA de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane (N° SIREN : 200072460)
BANATIC. Accessed 12 November 2024.INSEE
/ref> # Allouagne # Ames # Amettes # Annequin # Annezin #

Auchel Auchel (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-mining town, nowadays a light industrial & farming commune, situated southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at ...

Auchy-au-Bois Auchy-au-Bois () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in a Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated west of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 ...

Auchy-les-Mines Auchy-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Until 1926 it was named ''Auchy-lez-La-Bassée''. Geography A small ex-coal mining town, now mostly a light engineering and farming comm ...

# Bajus # Barlin #

# Beugin # Beuvry #

Billy-Berclau Billy-Berclau (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A small town east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D163 and N47 roads. It is situated at th ...

# Blessy #

Bourecq Bourecq () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village some northwest of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D94E3 and N43 roads, with the A26 aut ...

# Bruay-la-Buissière #

Burbure Burbure () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village some west of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D916 and the D182 roads. Population ...

Busnes Busnes (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the northern Hauts-de-France region of France about northwest of Béthune and west of Lille. Population See also * Communes of the Pas-de- ...

# Calonne-Ricouart # Calonne-sur-la-Lys # Camblain-Châtelain # Cambrin # Cauchy-à-la-Tour # Caucourt # Chocques # La Comté # La Couture # Cuinchy # Diéval # Divion # Douvrin #

Drouvin-le-Marais Drouvin-le-Marais () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village some south of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D171 and the D72 roads. Population ...

Ecquedecques Ecquedecques (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D185 and the D185E roads. The A26 a ...

# Essars # Estrée-Blanche # Estrée-Cauchy # Ferfay # Festubert # Fouquereuil # Fouquières-lès-Béthune # Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen # Gauchin-Légal # Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée # Gonnehem # Gosnay # Guarbecque # Haillicourt # Haisnes # Ham-en-Artois # Hermin # Hersin-Coupigny # Hesdigneul-lès-Béthune #

Hinges A hinge is a mechanical bearing that connects two solid objects, typically allowing only a limited angle of rotation between them. Two objects connected by an ideal hinge rotate relative to each other about a fixed axis of rotation, with all ...

# Houchin # Houdain # Isbergues # Labeuvrière # Labourse # Lambres # Lapugnoy # Lespesses # Lières # Liettres # Ligny-lès-Aire # Lillers # Linghem # Locon # Lorgies # Lozinghem # Maisnil-lès-Ruitz # Marles-les-Mines # Mazinghem # Mont-Bernanchon # Neuve-Chapelle #

Nœux-les-Mines Nœux-les-Mines () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Nœux-les-Mines is situated some south of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the jun ...

# Norrent-Fontes # Noyelles-lès-Vermelles # Oblinghem # Ourton #

Quernes Quernes (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France.region of France northwest of Béthune and west of Lille. The inhabitants are called the ''Quernois.'' The commune is part of the Communauté d'agglomération ...

# Rebreuve-Ranchicourt # Rely # Richebourg # Robecq # Rombly #

Ruitz Ruitz () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980. Geography Ruitz is situated about southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the ...

# Sailly-Labourse # Saint-Floris # Saint-Hilaire-Cottes # Saint-Venant # Vaudricourt # Vendin-lès-Béthune #

Vermelles Vermelles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Vermelles is situated southeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks ...

# Verquigneul # Verquin # Vieille-Chapelle # Violaines # Westrehem # Witternesse

References

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