Valhuon

Valhuon
Valhuon
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Valhuon
Coordinates: 50°26′05″N 2°22′41″E / 50.4347°N 2.3781°ECoordinates: 50°26′05″N 2°22′41″E / 50.4347°N 2.3781°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Heuchin
Intercommunality	Pernois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Grut
Area^1	9.17 km^2 (3.54 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	541
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Valhuon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Valhoun lies 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population

Historical population of Valhuon

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	462	529	513	545	535	469	541
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

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

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the Communautés de Communes du Pernois (French)
• Valhuon on the Quid website (French)