Sailly-Labourse
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| Sailly-Labourse | |
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  Sailly-Labourse | |
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Sailly-Labourse | |
| Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°41′42″E / 50.5025°N 2.695°ECoordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°41′42″E / 50.5025°N 2.695°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Nœux-les-Mines |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Robert Copin |
| Area | |
| • Land1 | 6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Population2 | 2,140 |
| • Population2 Density | 360/km2 (920/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62735 / 62113 |
| Elevation |
19–41 m (62–135 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. | |
Sailly-Labourse is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
Sailly-Labourse is a large farming and light industrial village situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Béthune and 24 miles (38.6 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and D65 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 1948 | 1957 | 1889 | 1750 | 1938 | 2013 | 2140 |
| 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. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century chateau de Prés.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
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