Noyelles-Godault

Noyelles-Godault
Noyelles-Godault
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Noyelles-Godault
Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°E / 50.4208; 2.9947Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°E / 50.4208; 2.9947
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Urbaniak
Area
• Land1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Population2	5,153
• Population2 Density	950/km2 (2,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62624 / 62950
Elevation	22–50 m (72–164 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
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.

Noyelles-Godault is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Noyelles-Godault is a former coal mining town, nowadays a light industrial and commercial town, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lens, at the junction of the A21 autoroute and A1 autoroute.

Population

Notable people

• Maurice Thorez, politician, was born here in 1900.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• A huge mall named Auchan with many clothes stores, places to feed, restaurants... Almost 80 shops!

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Noyelles-Godault.

• Official town website (French)
• Website of the agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin (French)
• Noyelles-Godault on the Quid website (French)