Courrières

Courrières (Template:IPA) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France<ref>INSEE commune file</ref> about Template:Convert northeast of Lens. 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 (east)
• Dourges (southeast)
• Montigny-en-Gohelle

History

Template:Unreferenced section 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.

Notable people

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

International relations

Courrières is twinned with:

• Template:Flagicon Barlinek, Poland
• Template:Flagicon Aylesham, United Kingdom

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Official website of the town Template:In lang
• Regional website Template:In lang
• Website about the town Template:In lang
• The CWGC cemetery

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