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Liévin Liévin (; pcd, Lévin; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called ''Liévinois''. Overview The town of Liévin is an old mining area of Pas-de-Calais. Near Lens, this town is of modest size but ...

. It is located in the

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 ...

department, in the

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. It was created in January 2000.CA de Lens - Liévin (N° SIREN : 246200364)
BANATIC, accessed 6 April 2022. It adopted the name Communaupole on June 25, 2004. Its area is 239.4 km². Its population was 241,703 in 2018, of which 31,606 in Lens and 30,423 in Liévin.Comparateur de territoire
INSEE, accessed 6 April 2022.

Composition

The Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin consists of the following 36 communes:INSEE
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Ablain-Saint-Nazaire Ablain-Saint-Nazaire () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A farming village located 8 miles (12 km) north of Arras, on the D57 road. It was rebuilt after being destroyed during World War I. The Sai ...

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 a ...

Aix-Noulette Aix-Noulette () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial village situated some west of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens at ...

Angres Angres () is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial suburb situated just southwest of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens centr ...

# Annay #

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# Bénifontaine #

Billy-Montigny Billy-Montigny (; pcd, Bili-Montini) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 ...

Bouvigny-Boyeffles Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads. ...

Bully-les-Mines Bully-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin agglomeration community, which encompasses 36 French communes and 250,000 inhabitants. For many years it was a major coal mini ...

Carency Carency () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitut ...

# Éleu-dit-Leauwette #

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 ...

Fouquières-lès-Lens Fouquières-lès-Lens (, literally ''Fouquières near Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and th ...

Givenchy-en-Gohelle Givenchy-en-Gohelle (; pcd, Givinchy-in-Gohelle) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located north of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the miss ...

Gouy-Servins Gouy-Servins is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village situated some west of Lens, at the junction of the D57 and the D75. Population Places of interest * The c ...

# Grenay #

Harnes Harnes () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Harnes is an ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D162e and the D39. The Lens ...

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 ...

Loison-sous-Lens Loison-sous-Lens (, literally ''Loison under Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Loison-sous-Lens is a suburban town, one mile east of the centre of Lens, at the junction of t ...

# Loos-en-Gohelle #

Mazingarbe Mazingarbe (; pcd, Mazingarpe) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. History The village was known as Masengarba in 1046, Masengarbe in 1232 and Mazengarbe in 1558. Mazingarbe's first inhabitan ...

# Méricourt # Meurchin # Noyelles-sous-Lens # Pont-à-Vendin #

Sains-en-Gohelle Sains-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sains-en-Gohelle is an ex-coalmining town, nowadays a farming and light industrial commune, northwest of Lens, at the junction ...

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 25 ...

Servins Servins (; nl, Sarwin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of ove ...

Souchez Souchez () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It is located northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian sol ...

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 ...

# Villers-au-Bois #

Vimy Vimy ( or ; ; Dutch: ''Wimi'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Located east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers ...

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

External links

Communaupole of Lens-Liévin website
Lens-Lievin Lens-Lievin {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub