Editing Loos-en-Gohelle

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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Loos-en-Gohelle
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Loos-en-Gohelle - Fosse n° 11 - 19 des mines de Lens (128).JPG
|caption                = Mine 11–19 at Loos-en-Gohelle
|image coat of arms     = Blason Loos-en-Gohelle.svg
|coordinates            = {{coord|50.4583|2.7942|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|arrondissement         = Lens
|canton                 = Wingles
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin|CA Lens-Liévin]]
|mayor                  = Geoffrey Mathon<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=12 March 2025|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2023&ndash;2026
|party                  = 
|elevation m            = 44
|elevation min m        = 31
|elevation max m        = 74
|area km2               = 12.7
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
|INSEE                  = 62528
|postal code            = 62750
}}

'''Loos-en-Gohelle''' ({{IPA|fr|lɔs ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl}}, {{lit|Loos in [[:fr:Gohelle|Gohelle]]}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pas-de-Calais]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Hauts-de-France]] region of France.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62528-loos-en-gohelle |title=INSEE commune file |publisher=Insee.fr |access-date=26 August 2024}}</ref>

== Geography ==
It is a former [[coal mining]] town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest (184&nbsp;m & 182&nbsp;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>

== Population ==
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE<ref name=pophist>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62528#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |7733
|1975 |6958
|1982 |6706
|1990 |6561
|1999 |6992
|2007 |6816
|2012 |6647
|2017 |6751
}}

== See also ==
* [[Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department]]

== References ==
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== External links ==

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* {{Official website|http://www.loos-en-gohelle.fr }} {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://battlefields1418.50megs.com/loos.htm The Battle of Loos website]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/62300 The CWGC British cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/58700 The CWGC Dud Corner British cemetery]

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