Grenay, Pas-de-Calais

Grenay
Coat of arms
Grenay
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Grenay
Coordinates: 50°27′10″N 2°44′38″E / 50.4528°N 2.7439°ECoordinates: 50°27′10″N 2°44′38″E / 50.4528°N 2.7439°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Liévin-Nord
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Christian Champiré
Area^1	3.22 km^2 (1.24 sq mi)
Population (2004)^2	6,427
• Density	2,000/km^2 (5,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62386 / 62160
Elevation	48–80 m (157–262 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.

Population

Historical population of Grenay, Pas-de-Calais

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	7396	8063	6902	5875	6213	6395	6427
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The church of St.Louise, dating from the twentieth century.
• The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
• An extremely old tree.

Twin town

• Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Also Twinned with Ruddington, Nottingham.

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official town website (French)
• CWGC cemetery
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Grenay on the Quid website (French)