Houdain

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Houdain

Total population

7,030

Air quality index

31Good

Elevation45 m

Land area6.3 km²

WeatherAvg high 58.6°F

Coordinates50.45°, 2.54°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Houdain is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Béthune.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Hervé

French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter (1825–1892)

Robert-François Damiens

French domestic servant and attempted assassin

Simon Zimny

French footballer (1927–2007)

R

Robert Budzynski

French footballer (1940–2023)

Maryan Wisniewski

French footballer (1937–2022)

A

Alain Briaux

French drummer

C

Cyrille Souillart

French astronomy professor

D

Dominique Carlier

French association football player

E

Edmond Théret

French politician (1866-1934)

F

François Bégeot

French athletics competitor (1908-1992)

F

François Wicart

French association football player and association football manager (1926-2015)

Henri Duez

French cyclist (1937-2025)

H

Henri Lewandowicz

French association football player

J

Jacques Accambray

French hammer thrower

J

Jacques Mellick

French politician

J

Jean Boin

French association football player (1949-2020)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hauts-de-France

• Hersin-Coupigny
  4.9 mi away · pop. 6,147
• Verquin
  5.7 mi away · pop. 3,459
• Cambligneul
  6.1 mi away · pop. 341
• Bouvigny-Boyeffles
  6.3 mi away · pop. 2,371
• Sains-en-Gohelle
  6.4 mi away · pop. 5,995
• Vendin-lès-Béthune
  7.2 mi away · pop. 2,393
• Brias
  7.6 mi away · pop. 295
• Aix-Noulette
  7.9 mi away · pop. 3,913
• Tangry
  8.1 mi away · pop. 266
• Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
  10.2 mi away · pop. 4,838
• Givenchy-en-Gohelle
  11.2 mi away · pop. 2,026
• Febvin-Palfart
  11.4 mi away · pop. 619

Browse all places in Hauts-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Fourteen-spotted Lady Beetle

Propylea quatuordecimpunctata

Seen 2026-06-16

Musk beetle

Aromia moschata

Seen 2026-06-13

Cinnabar moth

Tyria jacobaeae

Seen 2026-06-13

Rose-ringed Parakeet

Psittacula krameri

Seen 2026-06-10

Common Hedgehog

Erinaceus europaeus

Seen 2026-06-10

Stripe-legged Robber Fly

Dioctria hyalipennis

Seen 2026-06-07

common bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Seen 2026-06-07

Cereal Fly

Geomyza tripunctata

Seen 2026-06-06

Metopoplax ditomoides

Metopoplax ditomoides

Seen 2026-06-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Houdain, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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