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Dourges (French pronunciation: ​[duʁʒ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]

Dourges
Commune
The town hall of Dourges
Coat of arms
Location of Dourges
Dourges Show map of France Dourges Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont-1
Intercommunality	CA Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Tony Franconville
Area 1	10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	5,928
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (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.

Geography

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 8 miles (13 km) east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes. The canalized river Deûle flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,746	—
1975	5,402	−0.88%
1982	5,201	−0.54%
1990	5,806	+1.39%
1999	5,676	−0.25%
2007	5,637	−0.09%
2012	5,684	+0.17%
2017	5,891	+0.72%
Source: INSEE[3]

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

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dourges.

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

На других языках

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- [en] Dourges

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[ru] Дурж

Дурж (фр. Dourges) — коммуна во Франции, регион О-де-Франс, департамент Па-де-Кале, округ Ланс, кантон Энен-Бомон-1. Город расположен в 18 км к востоку от Ланса и в 25 км к югу от Лилля, на берегу канала Дёль, в месте пересечения автомагистралей А1 "Нор" и А21 "Рокад Миньер". На юге коммуны находится железнодорожная станция Дурж линии Ланс-Острикур.

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