Gauchin-Légal

Gauchin-Légal (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 mi south of Béthune and 29 mi 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.

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.