Arrondissement of Lens

Lens
Arrondissement of France

Location of Lens in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
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 Hauts-de-France 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:

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)

References

  1. INSEE, Modifications territoriales

External links

Coordinates: 50°26′00″N 2°50′00″E / 50.4333°N 2.8333°E / 50.4333; 2.8333

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