Noyelles-Godault

Noyelles-Godault
Noyelles-Godault
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Noyelles-Godault
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
Mayor	Jean Urbaniak (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	22–50 m (72–160 ft) (avg. 35 m/115 ft)
Land area1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population2	5,257  (2006)
- Density	965 /km2 (2,500 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62624/ 62950
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.

Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208333333°N 2.99472222222°E / 50.4208333333; 2.99472222222

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

Geography

Noyelles-Godault is a former coalmining town, nowadays a light industrial and farming town, 10 miles (16 km) east of Lens, at the junction of the A21 autoroute and A1 autoroute.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
5478	5551	5050	5474	5655	5539	5257
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Notable people

• Maurice Thorez, politician, was born here in 1900.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town website (French)
• Website of the agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin (French)
• Noyelles-Godault on the Quid website (French)