Gauchin-Légal

Gauchin-Légal
Commune
The church of Gauchin-Légal
Coat of arms
Location of Gauchin-Légal
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Coordinates: 50°24′56″N 2°34′58″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Bruay-la-Buissière
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Voiseux
Area 1	6.03 km2 (2.33 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	304
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62366 /62150
Elevation	85–167 m (279–548 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gauchin-Légal (French pronunciation: [ɡoʃɛ̃ leɡal]; or Gauchin-le-Gal) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated some 10 miles (16 km) south of Béthune and 29 miles (47 km) 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.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	272	—
1975	245	−1.48%
1982	227	−1.08%
1990	296	+3.37%
1999	331	+1.25%
2007	354	+0.84%
2012	337	−0.98%
2017	321	−0.97%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• "Le Gal", a sandstone rock chained to another on the village square.
• The church of St. Joseph, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century château.

• 
  Le gal de Gauchin
• 
  Monument to war dead

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department