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Oignies
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Oignies is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It lies in the arrondissement of Lens and the canton of Courrières, with an associated electoral district in the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-1. The town shares borders with Libercourt, Ostricourt, Wahagnies, and Carvin. Its official postal code is 62590, and it stands at an elevation of 33 meters above sea level.
The commune covers an area of 5.52 square kilometers. Population figures vary by source, with one listing 10,323 residents and another citing 10,609. The male population is recorded as 4,671, while the female population is 5,096. Oignies has received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 and the Croix de guerre 1939–1945. It is twinned with Buxton and Mutterstadt.
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Place details
- Locality
- Oignies
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10,609
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- French commune.name
- Oignies
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Oignies - Fosse n° 9 - 9 bis des mines de Dourges (117).JPG
- French commune.caption
- Pit 9 – 9 in Oignies
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason ville fr Oignies 62.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Lens
- French commune.canton
- Hénin-Beaumont-1
- French commune.INSEE
- 62637
- French commune.postal code
- 62590
- French commune.mayor
- Fabienne Dupuis-Merlevede
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CA Hénin-Carvin
- French commune.elevation m
- 28
- French commune.elevation min m
- 23
- French commune.elevation max m
- 33
- French commune.area km2
- 5.52
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Page d'accueil | Ville de Oignies
Bienvenue sur le site internet de la ville de Oignies. Retrouvez toutes les actualités de la ville, les services, associations et commerces de la ville.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Oignies
- Country
- France
- Population
- 10323
- Area
- 5.52
- Elevation
- 27
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Hénin-Beaumont
- Official website
- oigniespratique.oignies.fr
- Image
- Oignies - Fosse n° 9 - 9 bis des mines de Dourges (117).JPG
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- twinned administrative body
- Mutterstadt
- Commons category
- Oignies
- postal code
- 62590
- associated electoral district
- canton of Hénin-Beaumont-1
- different from
- Wahagnies
- male population
- 4671
- female population
- 5096
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-74-80-50
- fax number
- +33-3-21-37-32-59
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Heraldry
- Population
- Notable people
- Twin towns
- See also
- References
- External links
Oignies (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France northeast of Lens.
==Heraldry==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Oignies” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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