Vermelles

Vermelles
Vermelles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Vermelles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Mayor	Jean-Marc Déalet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	23–50 m (75–160 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
Land area1	10.39 km2 (4.01 sq mi)
Population2	4,496  (2006)
- Density	433 /km2 (1,120 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62846/ 62980
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°29′20″N 2°44′48″E / 50.4889°N 2.7467°E / 50.4889; 2.7467

Vermelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography [edit]

A ex-coalmining town, Vermelles is situated 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Béthune and 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D39, D75 and D943 roads and by the banks of the river Surgeon.

Population [edit]

Places of interest [edit]

The Château de Vermelles, destroyed on the 30th December 1914

• The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War.
• The war memorials.
• The modern church of Notre-Dame.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

Twin town [edit]

• Glauchau, in Germany.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

• The CWGC British cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery
• CWGC Quarry Cemetery at Vermelles
• Vermelles on the Quid website (French)

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