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== Geography == It is a former [[coal mining]] town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184 m & 182 m) [[spoil heap]]s 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>{{cite web |url=http://www.france.fr/en/news/mines-nord-pas-de-calais-make-their-debut-unesco-world-heritage-site |title=The mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais make their debut as a UNESCO World Heritage Site |publisher=France.fr |access-date=2013-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131018093354/http://www.france.fr/en/news/mines-nord-pas-de-calais-make-their-debut-unesco-world-heritage-site |archive-date=18 October 2013 }}</ref>
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