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Henin-Beaumont: church of Saint Martin
Henin-Beaumont: church of Saint Martin Church of Saint Martin, Henin-Beaumont, France.

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Henin-Beaumont, town, Pas-de-Calais département, Hauts-de-France région, northern France, lying between Lens and Douai. Chartered in 1229, it was made a county in 1579 by Philip II of Spain and was annexed by France in 1678. The town, in a former coal-mining district, has seen the more recent development of food processing, textile manufacture, and electrical and mechanical engineering industries. Pop. (1999) 25,178; (2014 est.) 26,493.

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