Labourse

Labourse
Labourse
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Labourse
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Nœux-les-Mines
Intercommunality	Nœux et environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Dobrowolski
Area1	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	2,190
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62480 / 62113
Elevation	18–44 m (59–144 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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Labourse is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) southwest of Lille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Labourse

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	2130	2201	1926	1711	2057	2028	2190
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• A nineteenth-century chateau.
• The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the 16th century.
• The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.
• A museum, telling of the deportations of World War II.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery
• Labourse on the Quid website (French)