Beuvry | |
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.JPG) The town hall of Beuvry | |
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| Coordinates:50°31′14″N2°40′49″E / 50.5206°N 2.6803°E /50.5206; 2.6803 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Beuvry |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Nadine Lefebvre[1] |
Area 1 | 16.85 km2 (6.51 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 9,078 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62126 /62660 |
| Elevation | 32 m (105 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Beuvry (French pronunciation:[bøvʁi]) is acommune in thePas-de-Calais department in theHauts-de-France region in northern France.[3]
A suburban town immediately southwest of Béthune, 23 miles (37 km) southwest ofLille, at the junction of the D945, D72 and N41 roads. Light industry and a little farming have replaced the coal mining of the past.
The town's name comes frombeaver (in Old French,bièvre) and underwent variations on this over the centuries: Berri; Beuvri; Bevery; Bouvry and finally Beuvry.
On 19 September 1784 theRobert brothers (Anne-Jean Robert and Marie-Noël Robert) plus M. Collin-Hullin flew their hydrogen balloon,La Caroline, on request ofPhilippe III Alexandre, 1st Prince de Ghistelles for 6 hours 40 minutes, covering 186 km from Paris to Beuvry.La Caroline owed its design to the work of professorJacques Charles andJean Baptiste Meusnier and achieved the world's first ever flight over 100 km.[4][5] In the Ville de Beuvry a stone monument was erected to commemorate the 200th anniversary landing of the brothers inLa Caroline on 19 September 1784.[6] A celebration ballla ducasse "du Ballon" is now held at the end of September each year.[6]
The town has been awarded theCroix de Guerre twice: after World War I and again, after World War II.
Acoal-mining town for about 100 years, the last pit closed in the 1960s.
The town was merged with the nearby city ofBéthune at the end of 1993. However, many of the Beuvrygeois voiced their dissatisfaction with the decision at the time, which resulted in the municipal elections of 1995, petitions in 1995 and 1996 and the creation, in October 1996, of a special commission to give an opinion on draft amendments to the territorial limits of the city of Béthune for the re-creation of a separate town of Beuvry. The municipal election in September 1997 led to a de-merger and Beuvry became an independent full-fledged town again in November 1997.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 7,907 | — |
| 1975 | 8,147 | +0.43% |
| 1982 | 8,840 | +1.17% |
| 1990 | 8,744 | −0.14% |
| 1999 | 9,175 | +0.54% |
| 2007 | 9,031 | −0.20% |
| 2012 | 9,097 | +0.15% |
| 2017 | 9,442 | +0.75% |
| Source: INSEE[7] | ||
Beuvry is twinned with:
Hemer, Germany.
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