Éleu-dit-Leauwette | |
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Coordinates: 50°25′18″N 2°48′43″E / 50.4217°N 2.8119°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Lens |
Canton | Liévin |
Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernard Pruneau [1] |
Area 1 | 1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 2,829 |
• Density | 2,400/km2 (6,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62291 /62300 |
Elevation | 31–66 m (102–217 ft) (avg. 44 m or 144 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Éleu-dit-Leauwette (French pronunciation: [elø di lowɛt]; Picard: Liauwette) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]
A suburban township, situated just 1 mile (1.6 km) south of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D55, D58 and the A211 autoroute.
Completely destroyed during World War I and awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920, this town was once home to many coal miners but is now a light industrial area and bedroom community.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,967 | — |
1975 | 2,878 | −0.43% |
1982 | 3,710 | +3.69% |
1990 | 3,402 | −1.08% |
1999 | 3,107 | −1.00% |
2007 | 2,989 | −0.48% |
2012 | 2,869 | −0.82% |
2017 | 2,920 | +0.35% |
Source: INSEE [4] |