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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (2004)
  
10,682

Local time
  
Tuesday 2:20 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Courrières

Area
  
8.63 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Courrières

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin

Weather
  
11°C, Wind W at 16 km/h, 61% Humidity

Courrières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Courri%C3%A8res, France

Geography

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.

Nearest communes

  • Harnes (west)
  • Estevelles (northwest)
  • Carvin (north)
  • Oignies (east)
  • Dourges (southeast)
  • Montigny-en-Gohelle

    • History

    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.

    Notable people

  • Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton, painter
  • Catherine Plewinski, swimmer
  • Eric Sikora, footballer

    • Places of interest

  • The sports centre Centre Sportif.
  • A forest north of Courrières.
  • The church of St.Piat, dating from the sixteenth century.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

    • Twin towns — Sister cities

    Courrières is twinned with:

  • Barlinek, Poland
  • Aylesham, United Kingdom

    • References

    Courrières Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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