Gauchin-Légal

Gauchin-Légal
Commune
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Coordinates: 50°24′56″N 2°34′58″E / 50.4156°N 2.5828°E / 50.4156; 2.5828Coordinates: 50°24′56″N 2°34′58″E / 50.4156°N 2.5828°E / 50.4156; 2.5828
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Bruay-la-Buissière
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Voiseux[1]
Area 1	6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	315
• Density	52/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62366 /62150
Elevation	85–167 m (279–548 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gauchin-Légal (or Gauchin-le-Gal) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

A farming village situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) south of Béthune and 29 miles (46.7 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D73 and the D341 roads. A small stream, the ‘ruisseau Caucourt’, a tributary of the river Lawe, flows through the village.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• "Le Gal", a sandstone rock chained to another on the village square.
• The church of St. Joseph, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century château.

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  Le gal de Gauchin

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  Monument to war dead

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

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