Loos-en-Gohelle

Loos-en-Gohelle ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}, Template:Lit) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Geography

It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) spoil heaps in Europe are in Loos-en-Gohelle, those of pits 11 and 19, and are visible for miles around. They are part of the mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais region that have become the 38th French site on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "a living and changing landscape".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

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• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin Template:In lang
• The Battle of Loos website
• The CWGC British cemetery
• The CWGC Dud Corner British cemetery