Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is a former coal mining town, thr…Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is a former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens. The two largest spoil heaps in Europe are in Loos-en-Gohelle, those of pits 11 and 19, and are visible for miles around. They are part of the mines of the Nord-Pas de Calais region that have become the 38th French site on the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as "a living and changing landscape".
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