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Courrières

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Courrières is a chief town of canton of northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, arrondissement of Lens, now the agglomeration of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, and has a population of 125 000 inhabitants.

Population (1999): 10,682 inhabitants for the city and 21,119 for the canton.

The history of the area remains marked by the mining disaster known as one of Courrières which made 1,099 casualties on March 10, 1906.

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