Givenchy-in-Gohelle is a city in northern France, in département of Pas-de-Calais (zone 62). It belongs to agglomeration of Lens-Liévin which gathers 36 communes, with 250,000 inhabitants. It used to be an arrondissement of ?.

Population (1999): 2,093 inhabitants.

It is on its territory that is the most significant Canadian monument with the victims of First World War, on the site of the battle of the Peak of Vimy. The commune of Givenchy-in-Gohelle the present also characteristic to have planted grapevines (chardonnay and pinot gray). The first grape harvest took place in 2000.

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