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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
5,676 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Leforest

Area
  
10.48 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 1:42 AM

Dourges

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin

Weather
  
5°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 90% Humidity

Delta 3 dourges north of france


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

Contents

Map of Dourges, France

Marcel de dourges


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.

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.
  • References

    Dourges Wikipedia