Sains-en-Gohelle
{{Short description|Commune in the Hauts-de-France region, France}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Sains-en-Gohelle
|commune status = Commune
|image = Sains-effel.JPG
|caption = Model of the Eiffel Tower at the crossroads
|image coat of arms = Blason Sains-en-Gohelle.svg
|arrondissement = Lens
|canton = Bully-les-Mines
|INSEE = 62737
|postal code = 62114
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Lens-Liévin
|coordinates = {{coord|50.4453|2.6844|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 79
|elevation min m = 39
|elevation max m = 90
|area km2 = 5.73
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62737-sains-en-gohelle INSEE commune file]
Geography
Sains-en-Gohelle is an ex-coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial commune, {{convert|6|mi|km}} northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D937 and the D166 roads. The A26 autoroute passes through the town.
Coal mining
Excavation of Mine 10 by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune started in July 1900 at Sains-en-Gohelle, and eventually reached {{convert|730|m}}.
Shaft 10bis was started in July 1901 and reached {{convert|791|m}}.
Production started in 1903.
The mine closed in 1957 and was back-filled in 1972.
Surface installations were destroyed in 1975.{{citation|language=fr|ref={{harvid|Compagnie de Béthune – Association MINING}}
|title=Compagnie de Béthune|publisher=Association MINING
|url=http://mining-bullylesmines.fr/compagnie-de-bethune/|access-date=2017-07-31}}
Population
{{Historical populations
| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62737#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
|1968 |5328
|1975 |5175
|1982 |5573
|1990 |6020
|1999 |6072
|2007 |6044
|2012 |6391
|2017 |6145
}}
Places of interest
- The church of St.Vaast, dating from the twelfth century.
- The modern church of Saint Marguerite.
See also
- Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
- Guy Dangain (born 12 July 1935), French classical flutist.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category|Sains-en-Gohelle}}
- [http://www.sains-en-gohelle.fr Official town website] {{in lang|fr}}
- [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin]{{in lang|fr}}
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