Courrières

Courrières
Courrières
Commune
	The church of Courrières
	Coat of arms
	Location of Courrières
	Courrières Courrières
	Coordinates: 50°27′31″N 2°56′53″E / 50.4586°N 2.9481°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Carvin
Intercommunality	CA Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Christophe Pilch
Area 1	8.63 km2 (3.33 sq mi)
Population (2022)	10,160
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62250 /62710
Elevation	22–38 m (72–125 ft) ; (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Courrières (French pronunciation: [kuʁjɛʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France^[3] about 7 miles (11 km) 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

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.