Gauchin-Légal | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Gauchin-Légal (Pas-de-Calais).svg |
Arrondissement: | Béthune |
Canton: | Bruay-la-Buissière |
Insee: | 62366 |
Postal Code: | 62150 |
Mayor: | Dominique Voiseux[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Coordinates: | 50.4156°N 2.5828°W |
Elevation M: | 93 |
Elevation Min M: | 85 |
Elevation Max M: | 167 |
Area Km2: | 6.03 |
Gauchin-Légal (in French pronounced as /ɡoʃɛ̃ leɡal/; or Gauchin-le-Gal) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
A farming village situated some 10miles south of Béthune and 29miles 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.