Carvin
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Carvin |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Carvin - Town hall - 1.jpg |
| caption | The town hall of Carvin |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Carvin 62.svg |
| arrondissement | Lens |
| canton | Carvin |
| INSEE | 62215 |
| postal code | 62220 |
| mayor | Philippe Kemel |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| intercommunality | Hénin-Carvin |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 28 |
| elevation min m | 17 |
| elevation max m | 42 |
| area km2 | 21.03 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
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Carvin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 14 mi northeast of Lens.
History
During World War I, from October 1914 to October 1918, Carvin was occupied by the Germans. Over 6,000 soldiers are buried in one of the largest German cemeteries in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.
Carvin was awarded the Croix de Guerre on 28 September 1920.
In May 1940, during the German invasion of France, a battle in Carvin's town centre allowed the bulk of British and French troops to escape to the Dunkirk evacuation. Once the allies had gone, the troops of the Wehrmacht arrested and murdered many miners at Arras.
In 1947, Carvin lost nearly a third of its territory with the separation of the commune of Libercourt.
Population
| align = none | cols = 2 | percentages = pagr | source = EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017) | graph-pos = bottom |1793 |3760 |1800 |3670 |1806 |4522 |1821 |4686 |1831 |4995 |1836 |4953 |1841 |5053 |1846 |5120 |1851 |5022 |1856 |5426 |1861 |6094 |1866 |6546 |1872 |7024 |1876 |7471 |1881 |7759 |1886 |7808 |1891 |8000 |1896 |8614 |1901 |9391 |1906 |10736 |1911 |11846 |1921 |11775 |1926 |16664 |1931 |19543 |1936 |18696 |1946 |20294 |1954 |15780 |1962 |16139 |1968 |17097 |1975 |15601 |1982 |16206 |1990 |17059 |1999 |17772 |2007 |17485 |2012 |17198 |2017 |17124
Twin towns
Carvin is twinned with:
References
References
- (2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62215-carvin INSEE commune file]
- {{Cassini-Ehess. 7008. Carvin
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62215#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
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