Noyelles-Godault

Noyelles-Godault
Noyelles-Godault
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Noyelles-Godault
Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°ECoordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Urbaniak
Area^1	5.45 km^2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	5,153
• Density	950/km^2 (2,400/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62624 / 62950
Elevation	22–50 m (72–164 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 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.

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

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2009
5478	5551	5050	5474	5655	5539	5257	5153
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

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.
• A huge mall named Auchan with many clothes stores, places to feed, restaurants... Almost 80 shops! Maybe Wikipedia can inform us to why there is an exclamation mark, when it may deserve two.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Website of the agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin (French)
• Noyelles-Godault on the Quid website (French)