Loos-en-Gohelle
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Loos-en-Gohelle
|commune status = Commune
|image = Loos-en-Gohelle - Fosse n° 11 - 19 des mines de Lens (128).JPG
|caption = Mine 11–19 at Loos-en-Gohelle
|image coat of arms = Blason Loos-en-Gohelle.svg
|coordinates = {{coord|50.4583|2.7942|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement = Lens
|canton = Wingles
|intercommunality = CA Lens-Liévin
|term = 2023–2026
|party =
|elevation m = 44
|elevation min m = 31
|elevation max m = 74
|area km2 = 12.7
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|INSEE = 62528
|postal code = 62750
}}
Loos-en-Gohelle ({{IPA|fr|lɔs ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl}}, {{lit|Loos in Gohelle}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62528-loos-en-gohelle |title=INSEE commune file |publisher=Insee.fr |access-date=26 August 2024}}
Geography
It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) spoil heaps in Europe are in Loos-en-Gohelle, those of pits 11 and 19, and are visible for miles around. They are part of the mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais region that have become the 38th French site on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "a living and changing landscape".{{cite web |url=http://www.france.fr/en/news/mines-nord-pas-de-calais-make-their-debut-unesco-world-heritage-site |title=The mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais make their debut as a UNESCO World Heritage Site |publisher=France.fr |access-date=2013-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018093354/http://www.france.fr/en/news/mines-nord-pas-de-calais-make-their-debut-unesco-world-heritage-site |archive-date=18 October 2013 }}
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62528#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |7733
|1975 |6958
|1982 |6706
|1990 |6561
|1999 |6992
|2007 |6816
|2012 |6647
|2017 |6751
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.loos-en-gohelle.fr }} {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/loos.htm The Battle of Loos website]
- [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/62300 The CWGC British cemetery]
- [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/58700 The CWGC Dud Corner British cemetery]
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