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Gosnay

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (1999)
  
1,195

Local time
  
Friday 10:24 AM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Barlin

Area
  
221 ha

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Gosnay

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Weather
  
10°C, Wind NW at 18 km/h, 75% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Gosnay, France

Geography

A former coal-mining town, now a light industrial and farming village, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Béthune and 25 miles (40.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D181 and the N41 roads. Junction 6 of the A26 autoroute is about 1/2 mile east.

Places of interest

  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
  • The church of St.Leger, dating from the 17th century.
  • The remains of two Carthusian monasteries and a mill.

    • References

    Gosnay Wikipedia
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