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La Bassée is a commune in the Nord department of France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the canton of La Bassée and is part of the Lille metropolis and arrondissement of Lille. The municipality has an area of 3.54 square kilometers and shares borders with Lorgies, Salomé, Violaines, and Illies. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 31 meters.
The population of La Bassée is 6,678, comprising 3,022 males and 3,380 females. The postal code for the area is 59480. La Bassée received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award.
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Place details
- Locality
- La Bassée
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 6,027
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Nord
- Arrondissement
- Lille
- Canton
- Annœullin
- Intercommunality
- Métropole Européenne de Lille
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Frédéric Cauderlier
- Area
- 3.54 km (1.37 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 6,650
- Density
- 1,880/km (4,870/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 59051 /59480
- Elevation
- 21–31 m (69–102 ft) , (avg. 43 m or 141 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- La Bassée
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Lille
- Population
- 6650
- Area
- 3.54
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- canton of La Bassée
- Shares border with
- Haisnes
- Official website
- ville-labassee.fr
- Image
- La Bassée Hotel de ville.JPG
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- Commons category
- La Bassée
- postal code
- 59480
- associated electoral district
- canton of Annœullin
- male population
- 3022
- female population
- 3380
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- contact page URL
- ville-labassee.fr/ma-mairie/horaires-contact
- phone number
- +33-3-20-29-90-29
- fax number
- +33-3-20-29-40-61
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Encyclopedic overview
La Bassée ( French pronunciation: [la base]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
Population
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Bassée” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.