Estevelles

Estevelles
Estevelles
Location within Hauts-de-France region Estevelles
Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 2°54′31″E / 50.4761°N 2.9086°E / 50.4761; 2.9086Coordinates: 50°28′34″N 2°54′31″E / 50.4761°N 2.9086°E / 50.4761; 2.9086
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	René Poivre
Area¹	2.54 km² (0.98 sq mi)
Population (2004)²	1,696
• Density	670/km² (1,700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62311 / 62880
Elevation	21–46 m (69–151 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 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.

Estevelles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 6 miles (9.7 km) northeast of Lens, near the junction of the D164e and the D917. The canalised Deule river forms the southern boundary of the commune.

Population

Historical population of Estevelles
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	1225	1237	1183	1151	1629	1687	1696
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

The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
The war memorial.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Estevelles.

Commune website (French)
Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
Estevelles on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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