Dourges

Dourges
Commune
The town hall of Dourges
Coat of arms
Dourges Location within Hauts-de-France region Dourges
Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°E / 50.4369; 2.9875Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°E / 50.4369; 2.9875
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont-1
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jeanne-Marie Dubois
Area1	10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population (2004)2	5,704
• Density	540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62274 /62119
Elevation	23–35 m (75–115 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes. The canalized Deule river flows through the commune.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Piat, dating from the twentieth century.
• Traces of an old castle and an ancient farm.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dourges.

• A regional website (in French)
• The CWGC cemetery
• Dourges on the Quid website (in French)