Leforest | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Leforest.svg |
Arrondissement: | Lens |
Canton: | Hénin-Beaumont-2 |
Insee: | 62497 |
Postal Code: | 62790 |
Mayor: | Christian Musial[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Hénin-Carvin |
Coordinates: | 50.4381°N 3.065°W |
Elevation M: | 24 |
Elevation Min M: | 20 |
Elevation Max M: | 66 |
Area Km2: | 6.22 |
Leforest (in French pronounced as /ləfɔʁɛ/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Leforest is situated some 12miles east of Lens, at the junction of the D161 and the D120 roads.
The inhabitants are called Leforestois.