Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais

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Drocourt

Drocourt is located in France
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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 or 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 / 50.3919°N 2.9275°E / 50.3919; 2.9275

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

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Population

Historical population of Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2004
Population 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.

[edit] Places of interest

  • The churches of St.Leger and of St.Barbe, both dating from the twentieth century.

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