Drocourt, Pas-de-Calais
Drocourt | |
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.JPG) The church of Drocourt | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Drocourt | |
  Drocourt Location within France  Drocourt Location within Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′31″N 2°55′39″E / 50.3919°N 2.9275°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Hénin-Beaumont-2 |
| Intercommunality | CA Hénin-Carvin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Czerwinski[1] |
Area 1 | 3.4 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 41 m (135 ft) |
| Highest elevation | 68 m (223 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 39 m (128 ft) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 2,939 |
| • Density | 860/km2 (2,200/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| 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. | |
Drocourt (French pronunciation: [dʁɔkuʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 2,361 | — |
| 1975 | 3,035 | +3.65% |
| 1982 | 3,458 | +1.88% |
| 1990 | 3,341 | −0.43% |
| 1999 | 3,104 | −0.81% |
| 2007 | 2,989 | −0.47% |
| 2012 | 2,978 | −0.07% |
| 2017 | 2,936 | −0.28% |
| 2023 | 2,939 | +0.02% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The churches of St.Leger and of St. Barbe, both dating from the twentieth century.
International relations
[edit]Drocourt is twinned with:
Tokarnia, Poland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ INSEE commune file
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drocourt (Pas-de-Calais).
- Agglo Hénin-Carvin website (in French)
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