Labourse

French commune
name= Labourse
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Nœux-les-Mines
insee=62480
cp=62113
maire=François Dobrowolski
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Nœux et environs
longitude=2.68083333333
latitude=50.4988888889
alt moy=25 m
alt mini=18 m
alt maxi=44 m
hectares=470
km²=4,7
sans=2028
date-sans=1999
dens=431|

Labourse is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village, situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 southeast of Béthune and convert|22|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the A26 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

* A [19th century] chateau.
* The church of St. Martin, rebuilt in the 16th century.
* The chapel, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.
* A museum, telling of the deportations of World War II.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=19002&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26970&req=Labourse Labourse on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 23th 2008."