Labourse

Labourse
Commune
The town hall of Labourse
Coat of arms
Location of Labourse
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Coordinates: 50°29′56″N 2°40′51″E / 50.4989°N 2.6808°E / 50.4989; 2.6808
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Nœux-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Scaillierez[1]
Area 1	4.7 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	2,894
• Density	620/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62480 /62113
Elevation	18–44 m (59–144 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Labourse (French pronunciation: [labuʁs]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

A large farming and light industrial village, situated some 3 miles (4.8 km) southeast of Béthune and 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Lille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the A26 autoroute.

• A nineteenth-century chateau.
• The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the 16th century.
• The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.
• A museum, telling of the deportations of World War II.

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery

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