Dourges
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Dourges | ||
| Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°ECoordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Leforest | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Patrick Defrancq | |
| Area1 | 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2004)2 | 5,704 | |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62274 / 62119 | |
| Elevation |
23–35 m (75–115 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. | ||
Dourges is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes. The canalized Deule river flows through the commune.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
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| Population | 5162 | 5746 | 5402 | 5201 | 5806 | 5676 | 5704 |
| 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.Piat, dating from the twentieth century.
- Traces of an old castle and an ancient farm.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
See also
References
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dourges. |
- A regional website (French)
- The CWGC cemetery
- Dourges on the Quid website (French)