Éleu-dit-Leauwette

Éleu-dit-Leauwette
Éleu-dit-Leauwette
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°25′18″N 2°48′43″E / 50.4217°N 2.8119°ECoordinates: 50°25′18″N 2°48′43″E / 50.4217°N 2.8119°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Liévin
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Pruneau
Area 1	1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	2,880
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62291 /62300
Elevation	31–66 m (102–217 ft) ; (avg. 44 m or 144 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Éleu-dit-Leauwette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A suburban township, situated just 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D55, D58 and the A211 autoroute.

History[]

Completely destroyed during World War I and awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920, this town was once home to many coal miners but is now a light industrial area and bedroom community.

Population[]

Historical population of Éleu-dit-Leauwette
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	2813	2967	2878	3710	3402	3107	3135
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.Pierre

The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
Parts of the walls of an old castle.
The war memorial.

References[]

INSEE commune file

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.