Estevelles Explained

Estevelles
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Estevelles (Pas-de-Calais).svg
Arrondissement:	Lens
Canton:	Wingles
Insee:	62311
Postal Code:	62880
Mayor:	Estelle (née Alain) Szabo^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Lens-Liévin
Coordinates:	50.4761°N 2.9086°W
Elevation M:	19
Elevation Min M:	21
Elevation Max M:	46
Area Km2:	2.54

Estevelles (in French pronounced as /ɛstəvɛl/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

A farming village situated some 6miles northeast of Lens, near the junction of the D164e and the D917. The canalised river Deûle forms the southern boundary of the commune.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Commune website
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62311-estevelles INSEE commune file