The Canton of Wingles is a

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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 ...

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Communes

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 5 to 9

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Bénifontaine Bénifontaine () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated just north of Lens at the junction of the N47 and D39 roads. The airport of Lens-Bénifonta ...

Estevelles Estevelles () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated some northeast of Lens, near the junction of the D164e and the D917. The canalised river Deûle forms the ...

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Hulluch Hulluch () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town, now a farming commune, situated some north of Lens, at the junction of the D947 and the D39 roads. History The cha ...

Loos-en-Gohelle Loos-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A former coal mining town, three miles northwest of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D943 and the A21 autoroute. Its ne ...

Meurchin Meurchin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Meurchin is a former coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial town, northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D164 and ...

Pont-à-Vendin Pont-à-Vendin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The com ...

Vendin-le-Vieil Vendin-le-Vieil (; pcd, Vindin-l'Vieil) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining area, once boasting 2 pits, now a farming and light industrial town, Vendin-le-Vieil lies n ...

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 ...

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