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Courrières () is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, with 890, and is the ...
department in the Hauts-de-France
region of France France is Administrative divisions of France, divided into eighteen administrative regions (, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are Overseas departments and regions of France, ove ...
INSEE commune file
/ref> about northeast of
Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device that focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements'') ...
. The Lens canal and the canalized river Deûle forms three quarters of the borders of the commune.


Nearest communes

* Harnes (west) * Estevelles (northwest) * Carvin (north) *
Oignies Oignies (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France northeast of Lens. Heraldry Population Notable people * Guy Drut, born there in 1950, Olympic track athlete. * Michel Jazy, Olympic track ...
(east) * Dourges (southeast) * Montigny-en-Gohelle


History

The Courrières mine disaster which resulted in 1,099 deaths on 10 March 1906. All the regions' coalmines were closed by 1970. It was the site of a massacre in 1940.


Population


Notable people

* Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton, painter * Catherine Plewinski, swimmer * Eric Sikora, footballer


International relations

Courrières is twinned with: * Barlinek,
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
* Aylesham,
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See also

*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):


References


External links


Official website of the town

Regional website

Website about the town

The CWGC cemetery
Communes of Pas-de-Calais Populated places in Artois {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub