Noyelles-sous-Lens (, literally ''Noyelles under
Lens
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'') is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in northern
France
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. It is east of the centre of
Lens
A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements ...
.
Administration
Noyelles-sous-Lens belongs to the
Agglomeration community of Lens – Liévin, which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
History
The
Courrières mine disaster
The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on 26 April 1942, which killed 1,5 ...
on March 10, 1906, affected Noyelles-sous-Lens.
Population
Twin towns
Noyelles-sous-Lens is twinned with:
*
Szczecinek
Szczecinek ( ; German until 1945: ''Neustettin'') is a historic city in Middle Pomerania, northwestern Poland, with a population of more than 40,000 (2011). Formerly in the Koszalin Voivodeship (1950–1998), it has been the capital of Szczecine ...
,
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populou ...
since 1983
*
Roundstone,
Ireland
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since 2004
Twinning:
Roundstone News, January 2009
Notable people
Noyelles-sous-Lens was the birthplace of Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha (russian: Эди́та Станисла́вовна Пье́ха, ''Edita Stanislavovna Pyekha'', pl, Edyta Piecha, french: Édith-Marie Piecha) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent. She was the third popular ...
(born 1937), Russian actress and singer of French and Polish heritage.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
Town council website
Communaupole website
Noyellessouslens
Artois
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