Wingles

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Wingles
Wingles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Wingles
Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°E / 50.4947; 2.8561Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°E / 50.4947; 2.8561
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	Lesn-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Dassonvalle
Area
• Land¹	5.93 km² (2.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population²	8,273
• Population² Density	1,400/km² (3,600/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62895 / 62410
Elevation	14–36 m (46–118 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 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.

Wingles is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads.

Population

Historical population of Wingles
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	8560	8946	8348	8472	8742	8691	8273
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.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War I.

Notable people

Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, French resistance heroine, was born at Wingles in 1898.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Official town website (French)
Website of the intercommunality (French)
Wingles on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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