Wingles

Wingles
Commune
The town hall of Wingles
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Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°E / 50.4947; 2.8561Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°E / 50.4947; 2.8561
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maryse Loup-Rouzé
Area 1	5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	8,754
• Density	1,500/km2 (3,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62895 /62410
Elevation	14–36 m (46–118 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wingles (French pronunciation: ​[vɛ̃ɡl]) is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The church of St. Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War I.

Notable people[]

• Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, French resistance heroine, was born at Wingles in 1898.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Wingles.

• Official town website (in French)
• Website of the intercommunality (in French)

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