- Éleu-dit-Leauwette
French commune
name= Éleu-dit-Leauwette
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Liévin-Sud
insee=62291
cp=62300
maire=Bernard Pruneau
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.81194444444
latitude=50.4216666667
alt moy=44 m
alt mini=31 m
alt maxi=66 m
hectares=117
km²=1,17
sans=3135
date-sans=2004
dens=2657|Éleu-dit-Leauwette is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A suburban township, situated just convert|1|mi|km|1 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 theCroix de Guerre in 1920, this town was once home to manycoal miner s but is now a light industrial and dormitory commune.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt after the
First World War .
* Parts of the walls of an old castle.
* The war memorial.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.ville-eleuditleauwette.fr/ Official town website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr The community of communes website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26788&req=Éleu-dit-Leauwette Éleu-dit-Leauwette on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on August 2nd 2008."
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