Dourges

Dourges
Coat of arms
Dourges
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Dourges
Coordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°ECoordinates: 50°26′13″N 2°59′15″E / 50.4369°N 2.9875°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Leforest
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Patrick Defrancq
Area^1	10.48 km^2 (4.05 sq mi)
Population (2004)^2	5,704
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62274 / 62119
Elevation	23–35 m (75–115 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Dourges is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) east of Lens, at junction 17 of the A21 and the A1 autoroutes. The canalized Deule river flows through the commune.

Population

Historical population of Dourges

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	5162	5746	5402	5201	5806	5676	5704
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Piat, dating from the twentieth century.
• Traces of an old castle and an ancient farm.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• A regional website (French)
• The CWGC cemetery
• Dourges on the Quid website (French)