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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Nœux-les-Mines

Area
  
4.7 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Intercommunality
  
Nœux et environs

Local time
  
Friday 7:18 PM

Labourse

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 75% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Labourse, France

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) southwest of Lille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the A26 autoroute.

Places of interest

  • A nineteenth-century chateau.
  • The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the 16th century.
  • The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.
  • A museum, telling of the deportations of World War II.

    • References

    Labourse Wikipedia
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