Valhuon () is a

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in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of

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Geography

Valhoun lies northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D916 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Omer, dating from the seventeenth century. * The sixteenth-century chateau. * A

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built in the 18th century.

Notable person

Albert Châtelet Albert Châtelet (24 October 1883 – 30 June 1960) was a French politician and mathematician. Biography Châtelet was a student at the École normale supérieure (Paris) from 1905 to 1908, succeeding to the Agrégation (a highly selective compe ...

(1883–1960) politician and mathematician, was born in Valhuon

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