Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Annequin (French pronunciation: [ankɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
Annequin is a large farming (and ex-mining) village situated some 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Béthune and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D61 and the N41 roads.
Coal mining
Excavation of Mine 9 by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune began at Annequin in 1893.
Mine 9 began production in 1896, ventilated by shaft 4bis.
Shaft 12 was started at Annequin in February 1909 and reached a depth of 520 metres (1,710 ft).
It was connected to Mine 9 and was used only for ventilation.
Mine 9 was closed in 1964 and Shaft 12 in 1965.[4]
Population
Sights
- The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century.
- Remains of a 13th-century castle, destroyed in 1820.
- The war memorial.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^
- Compagnie de Béthune (in French), Association MINING, archived from the original on 31 July 2017, retrieved 31 July 2017
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Annequin (Pas-de-Calais).
- The CWGC communal cemetery
