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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Labourse
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Labourse - Mairie.JPG
|caption            = The town hall of Labourse
|image coat of arms = Blason Labourse.svg
|arrondissement     = Béthune
|canton             = Nœux-les-Mines
|INSEE              = 62480
|postal code        = 62113
|mayor              = Philippe Scaillierez<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane|CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|50.4989|2.6808|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 25
|elevation min m    = 18
|elevation max m    = 44
|area km2           = 4.7
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Labourse''' ({{IPA|fr|labuʁs}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pas-de-Calais]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Hauts-de-France]] region of [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62480-labourse INSEE commune file]</ref>
==Geography==
A large farming and light industrial village, situated some {{convert|3|mi|km}} southeast of [[Béthune]] and {{convert|22|mi|km}} southwest of [[Lille]] on the D65 and the D943. The commune is also traversed by the [[A26 autoroute]].
==Population==
{{Historical populations
| source = INSEE<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62480#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
|1968 |2201
|1975 |1926
|1982 |1711
|1990 |2057
|1999 |2028
|2007 |2188
|2012 |2429
|2017 |2847
}}
==Places of interest==
* A nineteenth-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]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{commons category}}
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/19002 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]
{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais]]
{{PasdeCalais-geo-stub}}