Courrières
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Courrières
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| Coordinates: 50°27′31″N 2°56′53″E / 50.4586°N 2.9481°ECoordinates: 50°27′31″N 2°56′53″E / 50.4586°N 2.9481°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Courrières |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Christophe Pilch |
| Area1 | 8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2004)2 | 10,682 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62250 / 62710 |
| Elevation | 22–38 m (72–125 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 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.
Courrières 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 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and D919 roads and next to the A1 autoroute. The Lens canal and the canalized Deule river forms threequarters of the borders of the commune.
The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which resulted in 1,099 deaths on 10 March 1906. All the regions' coalmines were closed by 1970.
Courrières is twinned with:
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