Courcelles-lès-Lens
| Courcelles-lès-Lens | ||
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  Courcelles-lès-Lens | ||
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Location within Hauts-de-France region  Courcelles-lès-Lens | ||
| Coordinates: 50°25′07″N 3°01′08″E / 50.4186°N 3.0189°ECoordinates: 50°25′07″N 3°01′08″E / 50.4186°N 3.0189°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Leforest | |
| Intercommunality | Hénin-Courcelles-lès-Lens | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2014–present) | Jean-François Graf | |
| Area1 | 5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi) | |
| Population (2005)2 | 6,144 | |
| • Density | 1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62249 / 62970 | |
| Elevation |
20–45 m (66–148 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
Courcelles-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Lens, on the D160 road, sandwiched by the N43 and the A21 autoroute. The canalized Deule river forms the north-eastern border of the commune.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2005 |
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| Population | 5582 | 5965 | 5874 | 5855 | 6343 | 6119 | 6144 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the First World War.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Courcelles-lès-Lens. |
- Website about the town (French)
- Courcelles-lès-Lens on the Quid website (French)
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