Courcelles-lès-Lens

Commune

The town hall of Courcelles-lès-Lens

Coat of arms

Courcelles-lès-Lens

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Courcelles-lès-Lens

Coordinates: 50°25′07″N 3°01′08″E / 50.4186°N 3.0189°ECoordinates: 50°25′07″N 3°01′08″E / 50.4186°N 3.0189°E

Country

Hénin-Carvin

Government

• Mayor (2014–present)

Jean-François Graf

Area¹

5.56 km² (2.15 sq mi)

Population (2005)²

6,144

• Density

1,100/km² (2,900/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

62249 /62970

Elevation

20–45 m (66–148 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.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Courcelles-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Lens, on the D160 road, sandwiched by the N43 and the A21 autoroute. The canalized Deule river forms the north-eastern border of the commune.

He was a hunter and naturalist born in Courcelles-lès-Lens the 13th of November 1814. He was the son of Adulphe Delegorgue, farmer and former mayor of Courcelles-lès-Lens. He became a sailor at the age of 16. He started his first expedition in Africa at the age of 23, and took part in the improvement of Paris' and Douai's Natural History Museum collection. He died of disease during his fourth expedition. He wrote "Voyage dans l'Afrique Australe" published in 1847 and gave his name to several animal species. The secondary school of Courcelles-lès-lens is named after him.

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