Divion | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Divion.svg |
Arrondissement: | Béthune |
Canton: | Auchel |
Insee: | 62270 |
Postal Code: | 62460 |
Mayor: | Jacky Lemoine[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Coordinates: | 50.4731°N 2.5025°W |
Elevation M: | 57 |
Elevation Min M: | 37 |
Elevation Max M: | 138 |
Area Km2: | 10.96 |
Divion (in French pronounced as /divjɔ̃/) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
An ex-coalmining town some 5miles southwest of Béthune and 34miles southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 and the N41 roads, now bypassed by the D301. Since the mid-1960s, work in farming and light industry have replaced coal mining.