Noyelles-Godault

Noyelles-Godault
Noyelles-Godault
Commune
	The town hall of Noyelles-Godault
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°ECoordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont-2
Intercommunality	CA Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean Urbaniak
Area 1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	5,828
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62624 /62950
Elevation	22–50 m (72–164 ft) ; (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

Noyelles-Godault is a former coal mining town, nowadays a light industrial and commercial town, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lens, at the junction of the A21 autoroute and A1 autoroute.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,551	—
1975	5,050	−1.34%
1982	5,474	+1.16%
1990	5,655	+0.41%
1999	5,539	−0.23%
2007	5,186	−0.82%
2012	5,117	−0.27%
2017	5,973	+3.14%
Source: INSEE^[2]

Notable people[]

Maurice Thorez, politician, was born here in 1900.

Places of interest[]

The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
One of the most important commercial zone of the region which surrounds the Auchan mall.