- Labourse
French commune
name= Labourse
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Nœux-les-Mines
insee=62480
cp=62113
maire=François Dobrowolski
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs
longitude=2.68083333333
latitude=50.4988888889
alt moy=25 m
alt mini=18 m
alt maxi=44 m
hectares=470
km²=4,7
sans=2028
date-sans=1999
dens=431|Labourse is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A large farming and light industrial village, situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 southeast of
Béthune and convert|22|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by theA26 autoroute .Population
Places of interest
* A [19th century] chateau.
* The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the16th century .
* The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, afterWorld War I .
* A museum, telling of the deportations ofWorld War II .See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=19002&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26970&req=Labourse Labourse on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 23th 2008."
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