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

Estevelles
Commune
The town hall of Estevelles
Coat of arms
Location of Estevelles
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Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 2°54′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Alain Szabo
Area 1	2.54 km2 (0.98 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[1]	2,039
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62311 /62880
Elevation	21–46 m (69–151 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Lens, near the junction of the D164e and the D917. The canalised river Deûle forms the southern boundary of the commune.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,237	—
1975	1,183	−0.64%
1982	1,151	−0.39%
1990	1,629	+4.44%
1999	1,687	+0.39%
2007	1,717	+0.22%
2012	1,981	+2.90%
2017	2,044	+0.63%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estevelles.

• Commune website (in French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)

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