Wingles

Wingles
Commune
The town hall of Wingles
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°29′41″N 2°51′22″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maryse Loup-Rouzé
Area 1	5.93 km2 (2.29 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62895 /62410
Elevation	14–36 m (46–118 ft) (avg. 27 m or 89 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Wingles (French pronunciation: ​[vɛ̃ɡl]) is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	8,946	—
1975	8,348	−0.98%
1982	8,472	+0.21%
1990	8,742	+0.39%
1999	8,691	−0.06%
2007	8,185	−0.75%
2012	8,263	+0.19%
2017	8,770	+1.20%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St. Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War I.

Notable people

• Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, French resistance heroine, was born at Wingles in 1898.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Official town website (in French)
• Website of the intercommunality (in French)