Éleu-dit-Leauwette

Éleu-dit-Leauwette
Éleu-dit-Leauwette
Commune
	Town hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Éleu-dit-Leauwette
	Éleu-dit-Leauwette Éleu-dit-Leauwette
	Coordinates: 50°25′18″N2°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
Area 1	1.17 km2 (0.45 sq mi)
Population (2021)	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.

Last updated August 26, 2024 • 1 min readFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Éleu-dit-Leauwette (French pronunciation: [elødilowɛt] ; Picard : Liauwette) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

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.

History

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.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
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]

Places of interest

The church of St.Pierre Eleuditlauwette-eglise.jpg — The church of St.Pierre

The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt after the First World War.
Parts of the walls of an old castle.
The war memorial.

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References

↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
↑ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
↑ INSEE commune file
↑ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Official town website (in French)
The community of communes website (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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