La Bassée

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La Bassée

Total population

6,622

Elevation21 m

Land area3.54 km²

Coordinates50.53°, 2.80°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

La Bassée is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

François-Marie Raoult

French chemist (1830–1901)

G

Giovanni Francesco Ugolini

Captain Regent of San Marino

Francis Hédoire

French association football player

André Tassin

French footballer (1902-1986)

A

Adolphe Dutoit

French politician (1905–1980)

B

Bernard Caron

French association football player

C

Charles Béreaux

French trade unionist (1907-1968)

Clémence Lestienne

French bearded woman merchant

Léon Louyet

Road bicycle racer (1906-1973)

F

Floris Delattre

French poet (1880-1950)

François Poulet-Mathis

French journalist

H

Henri-Clotaire Descamps

Jean-François Caron

French politician

L

Louis Bourgeois

French association football player (1937–2022)

M

Marcel Cabiddu

French politician (1952-2004)

M

Michel Darras

French politician (1924–1992)

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

Nearby places in Hauts-de-France

• Salomé
  1.5 mi away · pop. 3,051
• Illies
  2.4 mi away · pop. 1,664
• Bauvin
  4 mi away · pop. 4,999
• Meurchin
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,717
• Provin
  4.9 mi away · pop. 4,469
• Laventie
  6.8 mi away · pop. 4,969
• Verquin
  7.5 mi away · pop. 3,459
• Radinghem-en-Weppes
  7.6 mi away · pop. 1,393
• Éleu-dit-Leauwette
  7.8 mi away · pop. 2,829
• Sains-en-Gohelle
  7.9 mi away · pop. 5,995
• Santes
  8 mi away · pop. 5,660
• Escobecques
  8.3 mi away · pop. 303

Browse all places in Hauts-de-France →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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Official Identifiers