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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Carvin
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Carvin - Town hall - 1.jpg
|caption                = The town hall of Carvin
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Carvin 62.svg
|image flag             = 
|image flag size        = 
|arrondissement         = Lens
|canton                 = Carvin 
|INSEE                  = 62215
|postal code            = 62220
|mayor                  = [[Philippe Kemel]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin|Hénin-Carvin]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|50.4939|2.9589|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 28
|elevation min m        = 17
|elevation max m        = 42
|area km2               = 21.03
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Carvin''' ({{IPA|fr|kaʁvɛ̃|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-Carvin.wav}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pas-de-Calais]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the Hauts-de-France [[region of France]]<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62215-carvin INSEE commune file]</ref> about {{convert|14|mi|km}} northeast of [[Lens, Pas-de-Calais|Lens]].

==History==
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During [[World War I]], from October 1914 to October 1918, Carvin was occupied by the Germans. Over 6,000 soldiers are buried in one of the largest German cemeteries in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region.

Carvin was awarded the [[Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)|Croix de Guerre]] on 28 September 1920.

In May 1940, during the [[Germany|German]] invasion of France, a battle in Carvin's town centre allowed the bulk of British and French troops to escape to the [[Dunkirk evacuation]]. Once the allies had gone, the troops of the [[Wehrmacht]] arrested and murdered many miners at [[Arras]].

In 1947, Carvin lost nearly a third of its territory with the separation of the commune of [[Libercourt]].

==Population==

{{Historical populations
| align = none
| cols = 2
| percentages = pagr
| source = EHESS<ref name=ehess>{{Cassini-Ehess|7008|Carvin}}</ref> and INSEE (1968-2017)<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62215#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| graph-pos = bottom
|1793 |3760
|1800 |3670
|1806 |4522
|1821 |4686
|1831 |4995
|1836 |4953
|1841 |5053
|1846 |5120
|1851 |5022
|1856 |5426
|1861 |6094
|1866 |6546
|1872 |7024
|1876 |7471
|1881 |7759
|1886 |7808
|1891 |8000
|1896 |8614
|1901 |9391
|1906 |10736
|1911 |11846
|1921 |11775
|1926 |16664
|1931 |19543
|1936 |18696
|1946 |20294
|1954 |15780
|1962 |16139
|1968 |17097
|1975 |15601
|1982 |16206
|1990 |17059
|1999 |17772
|2007 |17485
|2012 |17198
|2017 |17124
}}

==Twin towns==
{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}

Carvin is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Kłodzko]], [[Poland]]
*{{ flagicon|ITA}} [[Carvico]], [[Italy]]

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.carvin.fr/ Website of the Mairie de Carvin] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.agglo-henincarvin.fr/ Website of the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/33801The website of the CWGC graves in the communal cemetery] {{in lang|fr}}

{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}

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[[Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais]]
[[Category:Populated places in Artois]]