Hinges, Pas-de-Calais

The Canal de Beuvry is a canal in northern France connecting to the Canal Dunkerque-Escaut but no longer navigable all the way to Beuvry. With the loss of the coal industry in this area, the canal is no longer used.

Vendin-lès-Béthune (French pronunciation: [vɑ̃dɛ̃ lɛ betyn], literally Vendin near Béthune; Picard: Vindin-lès-Betheune; West Flemish: Wenden) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Oblinghem (French pronunciation: [ɔblɛ̃ɡɛm]; Picard: Oblinghin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

The Canton of Béthune-Nord was one of the 14 cantons of the arrondissement of Béthune, in the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It had 22,048 inhabitants in 2012. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015.

Annezin (French pronunciation: [anzɛ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

The arrondissement of Béthune is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 104 communes. Its population is 292,114 (2021), and its area is 707.4 km2 (273.1 sq mi).

Mont-Bernanchon (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ bɛʁnɑ̃ʃɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. about 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Béthune and 27 miles (43 km) west of Lille.

The Le Paradis massacre was a World War II war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division Totenkopf, under the command of Hauptsturmführer Fritz Knöchlein. It took place on 27 May 1940, during the Battle of France, at a time when troops of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) were attempting to retreat through the Pas-de-Calais region during the Battle of Dunkirk. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment, had become isolated from their unit. They occupied and defended a farmhouse against an attack by Waffen-SS forces in the village of Le Paradis. After running out of ammunition, the defenders surrendered to the German troops. The Germans led them across the road to a wall where they were murdered by machine guns. Ninety-seven British troops were killed. Two survived with injuries and hid until they were captured by German forces several days later. After the war, Knöchlein was convicted of his role in the massacre by a British military court, with the two survivors acting as witnesses against him. For ordering the massacre, Knöchlein was sentenced to death. He was executed in 1949.

The Hôtel de Ville (French pronunciation: [otɛl də vil], City Hall) is a municipal building in Béthune, Pas-de-Calais, north France, standing on the Grand Place. It was designated a monument historique by the French government in 2001.

Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane is the communauté d'agglomération, an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Béthune and Bruay-la-Buissière. It is located in the Pas-de-Calais department, in the Hauts-de-France regions, northern France. It was created in January 2017 by the merger of the former communauté d'agglomération de Béthune Bruay Nœux et environs and the former communautés de communes Artois-Lys and Artois-Flandres. Its area is 645.6 km2. Its population was 276,759 in 2018.

The canton of Béthune is an administrative division of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Béthune. It consists of the following communes: Annezin Béthune Chocques Labeuvrière Lapugnoy Oblinghem Vendin-lès-Béthune

Béthune (French pronunciation: [betyn] ; archaic Dutch: Betun and Bethwyn historically in English) is a town in northern France, sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department.