Valhuon

Valhuon
Commune
The church of Valhuon
Coat of arms
Location of Valhuon
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Coordinates: 50°26′05″N2°22′41″E / 50.4347°N 2.3781°E / 50.4347; 2.3781
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Claude Pagerie [1]
Area 1	9.17 km2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	549
• Density	60/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62835 /62550
Elevation	118–167 m (387–548 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Valhuon (French pronunciation: [valɥɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. ^[3]

Geography

Valhoun lies 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	529	—
1975	513	−0.44%
1982	545	+0.87%
1990	535	−0.23%
1999	469	−1.45%
2007	545	+1.90%
2012	580	+1.25%
2017	569	−0.38%
Source: INSEE [4]

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The sixteenth-century chateau.
• A windmill built in the 18th century.

Notable person

• Albert Châtelet (1883–1960) politician and mathematician, was born in Valhuon

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• Official website (in French)