Noyelles-Godault
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Henin-Beaumont-2 | |
| Community association | Henin-Carvin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 25 ′ N , 3 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 22-50 m | |
| surface | 5.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,973 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,096 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62950 | |
| INSEE code | 62624 | |
| Website | http://www.ville-noyelles-godault.fr/ | |
_mairie.JPG) Noyelles-Godault Town Hall |
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Douai is a French municipality with 5973 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lens , the canton of Hénin-Beaumont-2, and is a member of the Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin . The inhabitants are called Noyellois .
geography
The Deûle river limits the municipality to the north. Noyelles-Godault is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Évin-Malmaison in the northeast, Courcelles-lès-Lens in the east, Esquerchin in the south, Hénin-Beaumont in the southwest and Dourges in the northwest. The A 1 and A 21 pass through the municipality .
history
Noyelles-Godault is a former mining community in the coal basin in northern France.
population
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 |
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| Residents | 5,478 | 5,551 | 5,050 | 5,474 | 5,655 | 5,539 | 5,214 | 5,922 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, rebuilt after being destroyed in World War I in the 1920s
- French and British military cemetery
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Personalities
- Maurice Thorez (1900–1964), politician, former deputy prime minister
Web links
Commons : Noyelles-Godault - collection of images, videos and audio files
