Dainville

Dainville
Dainville
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Dainville
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Dainville
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Mayor	Françoise Rossignol (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	64–107 m (210–351 ft) (avg. 80 m/260 ft)
Land area1	11.22 km2 (4.33 sq mi)
Population2	5,392  (1999)
- Density	481 /km2 (1,250 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62263/ 62000
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.

Coordinates: 50°16′58″N 2°43′41″E / 50.2827777778°N 2.72805555556°E / 50.2827777778; 2.72805555556

Dainville is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Arras at the junction of the N25 with the D60 and D59 roads.

Population

Historical population of Dainville

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
2188	2971	4839	5758	5693	5392
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the thirteenth century

Twin towns

Dainville is twinned with the following town:

• Whitstable, Kent, England

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Dainville
• The communal cemetery
• Official website of Dainville (French)
• Official website of the communauté urbaine d'Arras (French)
• Dainville on the Quid website (French)