Houchin

Houchin
Houchin
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Houchin
Coordinates: 50°29′00″N 2°37′23″E / 50.4833°N 2.6231°E / 50.4833; 2.6231Coordinates: 50°29′00″N 2°37′23″E / 50.4833°N 2.6231°E / 50.4833; 2.6231
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claude Konieczko
Area1	4.5 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	711
• Density	160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62456 / 62620
Elevation	37–76 m (121–249 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
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.

Houchin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Béthune near the junction of the D72 and the D171 roads.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Houchin.

• The CWGC military cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery
• Houchin on the Quid website (French)