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Bénifontaine
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Bénifontaine is a commune in France, situated within the Pas-de-Calais department and the arrondissement of Lens. It lies in the Hauts-de-France region and shares borders with Wingles, Hulluch, Loos-en-Gohelle, and Vendin-le-Vieil. The municipality is part of the canton of Wingles and has an area of 4.24 square kilometers.
The population of Bénifontaine is recorded as 367, with an equal split of 178 males and 178 females. Another source lists the population as 281. The commune has an elevation above sea level of 54 meters, though other data indicates an elevation of 25 meters. It received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award. The postal code for the area is 62410.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bénifontaine
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 281
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bénifontaine
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Mairie de Bénifontaine.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The town hall of Bénifontaine
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Bénifontaine.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lens
- French commune.canton
- Wingles
- French commune.INSEE
- 62107
- French commune.postal code
- 62410
- French commune.mayor
- Nicolas Godart
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
- French commune.elevation m
- 25
- French commune.elevation min m
- 22
- French commune.elevation max m
- 54
- French commune.area km2
- 4.84
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Official website
Accueil & Actualités - Bénifontaine
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bénifontaine
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lens
- Population
- 330
- Area
- 4.24
- Elevation
- 36
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Vendin-le-Vieil
- Official website
- www.benifontaine.fr
- Image
- Mairie de Bénifontaine.JPG
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- Commons category
- Bénifontaine
- postal code
- 62410
- associated electoral district
- canton of Wingles
- male population
- 178
- female population
- 178
- P8168
- Elisabeth Seitz
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-40-30-08
- fax number
- +33-3-21-37-23-42
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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Bénifontaine () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
==Geography== A farming village situated just north of Lens at the junction of the N47 and D39 roads. The airport of Lens-Bénifontaine (code LFQL) is located in the commune.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bénifontaine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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