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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
5,539 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Hénin-Beaumont

Area
  
5.45 km²

Local time
  
Monday 9:08 PM

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 79% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Noyelles-Godault, France

Geography

Noyelles-Godault is a former coal mining town, nowadays a light industrial and commercial town, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lens, at the junction of the A21 autoroute and A1 autoroute.

Notable people

  • Maurice Thorez, politician, was born here in 1900.

    • Places of interest

  • The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
  • One of the most important commercial zone of the region which surrounds the Auchan mall.

    • References

    Noyelles-Godault Wikipedia
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