Dourges | |
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) The town hall of Dourges | |
) Coat of arms | |
Location of Dourges  | |
)  Dourges ) Dourges | |
| Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Hénin-Beaumont-1 |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Jeanne-Marie Dubois |
| Area 1 | 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) |
| Population (Jan. 2017)[1] | 5,891 |
| • Density | 560/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62274 /62119 |
| Elevation | 23–35 m (75–115 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Dourges 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
External links
- A regional website (in French)
- The CWGC cemetery
- Dourges on the Quid website (in French)