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Canton Of Avion
The Canton of Avion is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Composition At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 2 to 4 communes: *Acheville *Avion * Méricourt *Sallaumines See also * Cantons of Pas-de-Calais *Communes of Pas-de-Calais *Arrondissements of the Pas-de-Calais department References Avion Avion may refer to: * Avion, the French and Spanish name for airplane (powered fixed-wing aircraft); coming from Latin "avis" (bird). Same family as "aviation" ** Avion II and Avion III by Clément Ader * Avion (band) * Avion (car) * Avion, Pas-de ...
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Avion, Pas-de-Calais
Avion () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War. * The modern church of St. Denis. * The war memorial. * The nearby Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. * The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial International relations Avion is twinned with: * Doncaster, England, since May 1981. * Erzgebirge, Germany since 1961. * Zgorzelec, Poland since 1987. * Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia since 1961. Photographs File:Avion-mediatheque.jpg , The library and Place des Droits de l'Enfant File:Avion-maisonenfant.jpg , La Maison de l'Enfant File:Avion-glissoires.jpg , One of lakes in the parc Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires2.jpg , The canoe course in the parc Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires ...
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Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ...
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Departments Of France
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-six departments are in metropolitan France, and five are overseas departments, which are also classified as overseas regions. Departments are further subdivided into 332 arrondissements, and these are divided into cantons. The last two levels of government have no autonomy; they are the basis of local organisation of police, fire departments and, sometimes, administration of elections. Each department is administered by an elected body called a departmental council ( ing. lur.. From 1800 to April 2015, these were called general councils ( ing. lur.. Each council has a president. Their main areas of responsibility include the management of a number of social and welfare allowances, of junior high school () buildings and technical staff, ...
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Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, 890, and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 62 Pas-de-Calais
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Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectures in France, prefecture is Lille. The new region came into existence on 1 January 2016, after 2015 French regional elections, regional elections in December 2015. The Conseil d'État (France), Conseil d'État approved Hauts-de-France as the name of the region on 28 September 2016, effective the following 30 September. With 6,009,976 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2015) and a population density of 189 inhabitants/km2, it is the third most populous region in France and the second most densely populated in metropolitan France after its southern neighbour Île-de-France. It is bordered by Belgium to the north. Toponymy The region's working title, interim name ''Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie'' was a hyphenated name, hyphenated placename, creat ...
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Regions Of France
France is divided into eighteen administrative regions (french: régions, singular ), of which thirteen are located in metropolitan France (in Europe), while the other five are overseas regions (not to be confused with the overseas collectivities, which have a semi-autonomous status). All of the thirteen metropolitan administrative regions (including Corsica ) are further subdivided into two to thirteen administrative departments, with the prefect of each region's administrative centre's department also acting as the regional prefect. The overseas regions administratively consist of only one department each and hence also have the status of overseas departments. Most administrative regions also have the status of regional territorial collectivities, which comes with a local government, with departmental and communal collectivities below the region level. The exceptions are Corsica, French Guiana, Mayotte and Martinique, where region and department functions are managed ...
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France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its Metropolitan France, metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in continental Europe, as well as the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territories in French Guiana and Saint Martin (island), ...
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Communes Of France
The () is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, ' in Germany, ' in Italy, or ' in Spain. The United Kingdom's equivalent are civil parishes, although some areas, particularly urban areas, are unparished. are based on historical geographic communities or villages and are vested with significant powers to manage the populations and land of the geographic area covered. The are the fourth-level administrative divisions of France. vary widely in size and area, from large sprawling cities with millions of inhabitants like Paris, to small hamlets with only a handful of inhabitants. typically are based on pre-existing villages and facilitate local governance. All have names, but not all named geographic areas or groups of people residing together are ( or ), the difference residing in the lack of administrative powers. Except for the municipal arrondi ...
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Acheville
Acheville is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in northern France. Geography Acheville is situated some 4 miles (7 km) southeast of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens, on the D33. Population See also Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
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Méricourt, Pas-de-Calais
Méricourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Méricourt is a former coal mining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D33, D40 and the D262 roads. The commune is part of the canton of Avion. History The history of the region remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster, which left 1,099 dead on 10 March 1906. The communes affected were Méricourt, Billy-Montigny, Noyelles-sous-Lens and Sallaumines. It was at Méricourt that the memorial to the mining disaster was erected. Since 2006, the memorial has also included an overground pathway retracing the route underground of the survivors who managed to get out of the galleries about three weeks after the collapse and resulting firedamp and dust. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War. * The church of St. Barbe, dating from th ...
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Sallaumines
Sallaumines (; pcd, Sallaumine or ''Sallau'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. Administration Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants. History The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines. On 18 June 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area. Population Geography Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east. Transportation The A21 motorway passes north of the town. Sallaumines has a train station (''Gare de Sallaumines'') on the line from Lens to Lille, and another one (''Ga ...
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Cantons Of Pas-de-Calais
The following is a list of the 39 cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Aire-sur-la-Lys * Arras-1 * Arras-2 * Arras-3 * Auchel * Auxi-le-Château * Avesnes-le-Comte * Avion * Bapaume * Berck * Béthune * Beuvry * Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 * Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 * Brebières * Bruay-la-Buissière * Bully-les-Mines * Calais-1 * Calais-2 * Calais-3 * Carvin * Desvres * Douvrin * Étaples * Fruges * Harnes * Hénin-Beaumont-1 * Hénin-Beaumont-2 * Lens * Liévin * Lillers * Longuenesse * Lumbres * Marck * Nœux-les-Mines * Outreau * Saint-Omer * Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise * Wingles Wingles () is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D16 ... References {{Cantons of France ...
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