- Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais
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Drocourt
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Lens Canton Rouvroy Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin Mayor Bernard Czerwinski
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 39–68 m (128–223 ft)
(avg. 41 m/135 ft)Land area1 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) Population2 3,115 (2004) - Density 916 /km2 (2,370 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62277/ 62320 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. Coordinates: 50°23′31″N 2°55′39″E / 50.3919444444°N 2.9275°E
Drocourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography
An ex-coalmining commune, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D919, D40 and D47 roads.
Population
Historical population of Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004 2247 2361 3035 3458 3341 3104 3115 From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Places of interest
- The churches of St.Leger and of St.Barbe, both dating from the twentieth century.
See also
References
- Notes
External links
- A regional website (French)
- Drocourt on the Quid website (French)
Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Pas-de-Calais geography stubs
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