Anvin

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Anvin

|commune status = Commune

|image = Anvin01.jpg

|caption = The church of Anvin

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Anvin 62.svg

|arrondissement = Arras

|canton = Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise

|INSEE = 62036

|postal code = 62134

|mayor = André Olivier{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CC du Ternois

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4472|2.2561|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 60

|elevation min m = 51

|elevation max m = 150

|area km2 = 7.83

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Anvin ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃vɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62036-anvin INSEE commune file]

Geography

Anvin is a farming village located in the Ternoise river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Anvinois in French.

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/7633058?geo=COM-62036#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |615

|1975 |587

|1982 |639

|1990 |666

|1999 |741

|2009 |803

|2014 |778

|2020 |736

}}

Sights

The church of St. Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
The ruins of a seventeenth-century chateau.
Vestiges of a watermill.

Transport

The Chemin de fer d'Anvin à Calais opened a railway station at Anvin in 1881.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |p=31}} The railway closed in 1952.{{sfn|Farebrother |Farebrother |2008 |pp=281-82}} Anvin station was also served by the SNCF. Although the line is still open to traffic, the station is closed.

=Sources=

{{cite book | first1 =Martin J B | last1 =Farebrother |last2=Farebrother | first2 =Joan S | year =2008 | title =Tortillards of Artois | publisher =The Oakwood Press | location =Usk | isbn =978-0-85361-679-5 }}

References

Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais