Marles-les-Mines

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Marles-les-Mines

Total population

5,493

Elevation37 m

Land area4.55 km²

WeatherAvg high 59.1°F

Coordinates50.50°, 2.51°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Marles-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Lille. The river Clarence flows through the commune. Vis-à-Marles station is the local train station.

Geography

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

Climate

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

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)

Xavier Beauvois

French actor, film director and screenwriter

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Jérémy Beccu

French boxer

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Pierre Laigle

French footballer (born 1970)

André Delelis

Minister of Commerce and Craft Industry (1924–2012)

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André Mancey

French politician (1913-1984)

Augustin Lesage

French artist (1876-1954)

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Dominique Chauvel

French politician

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François Bégeot

French athletics competitor (1908-1992)

Fred Personne

French actor (1932–2014)

Félix Damette

French politician

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Henri Aniol

French association football player

Henri Duez

French cyclist (1937-2025)

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Jean-Noël Lewandowski

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Louis Maximilien François Hinnisdal de Fumal

French soldier

M

Michel Sénéchal

French association football player (1939-2007)

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

Recently spotted species

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

Garden Grass-veneer

Chrysoteuchia culmella

Seen 2026-06-02

Hazel leaf-roller weevil

Apoderus coryli

Seen 2026-05-31

Common Drone Fly

Eristalis tenax

Seen 2026-05-30

Wasp Beetle

Clytus arietis

Seen 2026-05-30

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

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Marles-les-Mines, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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