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Sailly-Labourse (French pronunciation: ​[saji labuʁs]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Sailly-Labourse
Commune
The church of Sailly-Labourse
Coat of arms
Location of Sailly-Labourse
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Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°41′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Douvrin
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Hennebelle[1]
Area 1	6.02 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	2,404
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62735 /62113
Elevation	19–41 m (62–135 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

Sailly-Labourse is a large farming and light industrial village situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Béthune and 24 miles (38.6 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and D65 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,957	—
1975	1,889	−0.50%
1982	1,750	−1.09%
1990	1,938	+1.28%
1999	2,013	+0.42%
2007	2,136	+0.74%
2012	2,151	+0.14%
2017	2,336	+1.66%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau de Prés.
• 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 Sailly-Labourse.

• The CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the churchyard

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