Saint-Venant

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Saint-Venant Papingem
Commune
A general view of Saint-Venant
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Venant
(2020–2026)		André Flajolet^[1]
Area ¹	14.24 km² (5.50 sq mi)
Population (2021)^[2]	3,022
• Density	210/km² (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62770 /62350
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Venant (West Flemish: Papingem) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department (administrative division) in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Saint-Venant is situated some 9 miles (14 km) northwest of Béthune and 26 miles (42 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D186 and D916 roads and by the banks of the Lys.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	4,328	—
1975	3,988	−1.16%
1982	4,127	+0.49%
1990	3,887	−0.75%
1999	3,206	−2.12%
2007	3,274	+0.26%
2012	2,996	−1.76%
2017	3,027	+0.21%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. Venant, rebuilt along with much of the village after the First World War.
The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall), dating from the eighteenth century.
The civilian cemetery, incorporating a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery and the grave of Edward Gordon Williams.
The town's war memorial.
A memorial to the Royal Welch Fusiliers.^[5]
Gardens of the Manoir de La Peylouse, incorporating an exhibition on First World War poetry.^[6]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Michael Glover & Jonathan Riley, 'That Astonishing Infantry': The History of The Royal Welch Fusiliers 1689-2006, p299
^ Comite des Parcs et Jardins de France website/ Accessed 15 September 2014