Gonnehem
Encyclopedia
Gonnehem is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the D181, D182 and the D70 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
A large farming village situated some 5 miles (8 km) northwest of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) west of LilleLille
Lille is a city in northern France . It is the principal city of the Lille Métropole, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the country behind those of Paris, Lyon and Marseille. Lille is situated on the Deûle River, near France's border with Belgium...
, at the junction of the D181, D182 and the D70 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The fifteenth century chateau de Werppe.
- The manorhouse de Bron, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The church at the hamlet of Busnettes.