词条 | Courrières |
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|name = Courrières |commune status = Commune |image = Courrières - Église Saint-Piat.JPG |caption = The church of Courrières |image coat of arms = Blason Mathieu II de Montmorency.svg |region = Hauts-de-France |department = Pas-de-Calais |arrondissement = Lens |canton = Carvin |INSEE = 62250 |postal code = 62710 |mayor = Christophe Pilch |term = 2008–2014 |intercommunality = Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin |coordinates = {{coord|50.4586|2.9481|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 25 |elevation min m = 22 |elevation max m = 38 |area km2 = 8.63 |population = 10682 |population date = 2004 }} Courrières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. GeographyAn ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some {{convert|7|mi|km|1}} 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
HistoryThe 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. Population{{Demography|1962 = 7738 |1968 = 9296 |1975 = 12491 |1982 = 12612 |1990 = 11376 |1999 = 10588 |2004 = 10682 |withoutdoublecount = 1962 }} Notable people
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International relations{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in France}}Twin towns — Sister citiesCourrières is twinned with:
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1 : Communes of Pas-de-Calais |
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