Dourges

Dourges

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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 Leforest
Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Patrick Defrancq
Area1 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population (2004)2 5,704
  Density 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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

Historical population of Dourges
Year1962196819751982199019992004
Population5162574654025201580656765704
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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