Arrondissement of Lens
| Lens | |
|---|---|
| Arrondissement of France | |
 Location of Lens in Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Communes | 43 |
| Subprefecture | Lens |
| Area¹ | |
| • Total | 308.8 km2 (119.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Total | 358,694 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers. | |
The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region. It has 43 communes. In 2007 it absorbed the two cantons of Avion and Rouvroy from the arrondissement of Arras.[1]
Composition
Cantons
The cantons of the arrondissement of Lens are:
- Avion (partly)
- Bully-les-Mines (partly)
- Carvin
- Harnes (partly)
- Hénin-Beaumont-1
- Hénin-Beaumont-2
- Lens
- Nœux-les-Mines (partly)
- Wingles
Communes
The communes of the arrondissement of Lens, and their INSEE codes, are:
| 1. Aix-Noulette (62019) | 2. Angres (62032) | 3. Annay (62033) | 4. Avion (62065) |
| 5. Billy-Montigny (62133) | 6. Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62170) | 7. Bully-les-Mines (62186) | 8. Bénifontaine (62107) |
| 9. Carvin (62215) | 10. Courcelles-lès-Lens (62249) | 11. Courrières (62250) | 12. Dourges (62274) |
| 13. Drocourt (62277) | 14. Éleu-dit-Leauwette (62291) | 15. Estevelles (62311) | 16. Évin-Malmaison (62321) |
| 17. Fouquières-lès-Lens (62351) | 18. Gouy-Servins (62380) | 19. Grenay (62386) | 20. Harnes (62413) |
| 21. Hénin-Beaumont (62427) | 22. Hersin-Coupigny (62443) | 23. Hulluch (62464) | 24. Leforest (62497) |
| 25. Lens (62498) | 26. Libercourt (62907) | 27. Liévin (62510) | 28. Loison-sous-Lens (62523) |
| 29. Loos-en-Gohelle (62528) | 30. Mazingarbe (62563) | 31. Méricourt (62570) | 32. Meurchin (62573) |
| 33. Montigny-en-Gohelle (62587) | 34. Noyelles-Godault (62624) | 35. Noyelles-sous-Lens (62628) | 36. Oignies (62637) |
| 37. Pont-à-Vendin (62666) | 38. Rouvroy (62724) | 39. Sains-en-Gohelle (62737) | 40. Sallaumines (62771) |
| 41. Servins (62793) | 42. Vendin-le-Vieil (62842) | 43. Wingles (62895) |
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Coordinates: 50°26′00″N 2°50′00″E / 50.4333°N 2.8333°E
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