Valhuon

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Marie-Claude Pagerie^[1]Area9.17 km² (3.54 sq mi)Population549 • Density60/km² (160/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation118–167 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.

Valhuon (French pronunciation: [valɥɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Valhoun lies 26 miles (42 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	529	—
1975	513	−0.44%
1982	545	+0.87%
1990	535	−0.23%
1999	469	−1.45%
2007	545	+1.90%
2012	580	+1.25%
2017	569	−0.38%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

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

Notable person

• Albert Châtelet (1883–1960) politician and mathematician, was born in Valhuon

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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