Gosnay

Gosnay
Coat of arms
Gosnay
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Gosnay
Coordinates: 50°30′29″N 2°35′15″E / 50.5081°N 2.5875°ECoordinates: 50°30′29″N 2°35′15″E / 50.5081°N 2.5875°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Francis Verloo
Area^1	2.21 km^2 (0.85 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	1,195
• Density	540/km^2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62377 / 62199
Elevation	25–61 m (82–200 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.

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

Geography

A former coal-mining town, now a light industrial and farming village, situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) southwest of Béthune and 25 miles (40.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D181 and the N41 roads. Junction 6 of the A26 autoroute is about 1/2 mile east.

Population

Historical population of Gosnay

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1267	1388	1297	1178	1226	1195
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 Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The church of St.Leger, dating from the 17th century.
• The remains of two Carthusian monasteries and a mill.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
• Gosnay on the Quid website (French)