Courcelles-lès-Lens

Courcelles-lès-Lens
Coat of arms
Courcelles-lès-Lens
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Courcelles-lès-Lens
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Leforest
Intercommunality	Hénin-Courcelles-lès-Lens
Government
• Mayor (2014–present)	Jean-François Graf
Area1	5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population (2005)2	6,144
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62249 / 62970
Elevation	20–45 m (66–148 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.

Courcelles-lès-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) east of Lens, on the D160 road, sandwiched by the N43 and the A21 autoroute. The canalized Deule river forms the north-eastern border of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Courcelles-lès-Lens

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
Population	5582	5965	5874	5855	6343	6119	6144
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website about the town (French)
• Courcelles-lès-Lens on the Quid website (French)