Courrières

Courrières
Courrières
Commune
	The church of Courrières
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°27′31″N 2°56′53″E / 50.4586°N 2.9481°ECoordinates: 50°27′31″N 2°56′53″E / 50.4586°N 2.9481°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Carvin
Intercommunality	CA Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Pilch
Area 1	8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	10,544
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62250 /62710
Elevation	22–38 m (72–125 ft) ; (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Courrières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 7 miles (11.3 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and D919 roads and next to the A1 autoroute. The Lens canal and the canalized Deule river forms threequarters of the borders of the commune.

Nearest communes[]

Harnes (west)
Estevelles (northwest)
Carvin (north)
Oignies (east)
Dourges (southeast)
Montigny-en-Gohelle

History[]

The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which resulted in 1,099 deaths on 10 March 1906. All the regions' coalmines were closed by 1970. It was the site of a massacre in 1940.

Population[]

Historical population of Courrières
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	7738	9296	12491	12612	11376	10588	10682
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Notable people[]

Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton, painter
Catherine Plewinski, swimmer
Eric Sikora, footballer

Places of interest[]

The sports centre Centre Sportif.
A forest north of Courrières.
The church of St.Piat, dating from the sixteenth century.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

International relations[]

Courrières is twinned with:

Barlinek, Poland
Aylesham, United Kingdom

References[]

^ "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.