Dourges
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Dourges
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| 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 | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Leforest | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Patrick Defrancq | |
| Area1 | 10.48 km2 (4.05 sq mi) | |
| Population (2004)2 | 5,704 | |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62274 / 62119 | |
| Elevation | 23–35 m (75–115 ft) (avg. 29 m or 95 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Dourges is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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.
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