Auchel
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The mining memorial
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Auchel
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| Coordinates: 50°30′31″N 2°28′28″E / 50.5086°N 2.4744°ECoordinates: 50°30′31″N 2°28′28″E / 50.5086°N 2.4744°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Béthune | |
| Canton | Auchel | |
| Intercommunality | Artois | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Richard Jarrett | |
| Area1 | 6 km2 (2 sq mi) | |
| Population (2012)2 | 10,991 | |
| • Density | 1,800/km2 (4,700/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62048 /62260 | |
| Elevation | 68–157 m (223–515 ft) (avg. 99 m or 325 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. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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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.
Auchel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
An ex-mining town, nowadays a light industrial & farming commune, situated 8 miles (12.9 km) southwest of Béthune and 34 miles (54.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D183E roads.
Following the discovery of coal deposits in the area in 1851, the town grew as the demand for coal increased in France. This old mining town had close to 15,000 inhabitants in the 1950s.
The coal recession in the late 1960s lead to a constant decline in population, despite the efforts of the municipality to attract and keep people here during and after the recession.
The inhabitants are called Auchellois.
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