| Sains-en-Gohelle | |
| Commune Status: | Commune |
| Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Sains-en-Gohelle.svg |
| Arrondissement: | Lens |
| Canton: | Bully-les-Mines |
| Insee: | 62737 |
| Postal Code: | 62114 |
| Mayor: | Alain Dubreucq[1] |
| Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
| Intercommunality: | CA Lens-Liévin |
| Coordinates: | 50.4453°N 2.6844°W |
| Elevation M: | 79 |
| Elevation Min M: | 39 |
| Elevation Max M: | 90 |
| Area Km2: | 5.73 |
Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2]
Sains-en-Gohelle is an ex-coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial commune, 6miles northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D937 and the D166 roads. The A26 autoroute passes through the town.
Excavation of Mine 10 by the Compagnie des mines de Béthune started in July 1900 at Sains-en-Gohelle, and eventually reached .Shaft 10bis was started in July 1901 and reached .Production started in 1903.The mine closed in 1957 and was back-filled in 1972.Surface installations were destroyed in 1975.