Noyelles-Godault

Noyelles-Godault
Commune
The town hall of Noyelles-Godault
Coat of arms
Location of Noyelles-Godault
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Coordinates: 50°25′15″N 2°59′41″E / 50.4208°N 2.9947°E / 50.4208; 2.9947
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Hénin-Beaumont-2
Intercommunality	CA Hénin-Carvin
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Valérie Biegalski[1]
Area 1	5.45 km2 (2.10 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	5,906
• Density	1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62624 /62950
Elevation	22–50 m (72–164 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Noyelles-Godault (French pronunciation: [nwajɛl ɡɔdo]; Picard: Nöyel-Godault) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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

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

• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• One of the most important commercial zone of the region which surrounds the Auchan mall.

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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• Official town website (in French)
• Website of the agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin (in French)

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