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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Wingles
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| Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°ECoordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E / 50.4947°N 2.8561°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Wingles |
| Intercommunality | Lesn-Liévin |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Dassonvalle |
| Area1 | 5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 8,273 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62895 / 62410 |
| Elevation | 14–36 m (46–118 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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Wingles is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography[edit]
An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads.
Population[edit]
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 8560 | 8946 | 8348 | 8472 | 8742 | 8691 | 8273 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest[edit]
- The church of St.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War I.
Notable people[edit]
- Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, French resistance heroine, was born at Wingles in 1898.
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References[edit]
External links[edit]
- Official town website (French)
- Website of the intercommunality (French)
- Wingles on the Quid website (French)