Gauchin-Légal
Gauchin-Légal | |
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 The church of Gauchin-Légal | |
.svg) Coat of arms | |
Location of Gauchin-Légal | |
  Gauchin-Légal  Gauchin-Légal | |
| Coordinates: 50°24′56″N 2°34′58″E / 50.4156°N 2.5828°E / 50.4156; 2.5828 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Béthune |
| Canton | Bruay-la-Buissière |
| Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Voiseux[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 304 |
| • Density | 50/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62366 /62150 |
| Elevation | 85–167 m (279–548 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Gauchin-Légal (French pronunciation: [ɡoʃɛ̃ leɡal]; or Gauchin-le-Gal) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
A farming village situated some 10 miles (16 km) south of Béthune and 29 miles (47 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D73 and the D341 roads. A small stream, the ‘ruisseau Caucourt’, a tributary of the river Lawe, flows through the village.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 272 | — |
| 1975 | 245 | −1.48% |
| 1982 | 227 | −1.08% |
| 1990 | 296 | +3.37% |
| 1999 | 331 | +1.25% |
| 2007 | 354 | +0.84% |
| 2012 | 337 | −0.98% |
| 2017 | 321 | −0.97% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
- "Le Gal", a sandstone rock chained to another on the village square.
- The church of St. Joseph, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century château.
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Le gal de Gauchin
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Monument to war dead
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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