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Vendin-le-Vieil (; pcd, Vindin-l'Vieil) is a
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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 ...
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Geography

An ex-
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area, once boasting 2 pits, now a farming and
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town, Vendin-le-Vieil lies northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D38e and the D164e roads.


Population


Places of interest

* The church of St.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after
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. * The modern church of St. Auguste.


See also

*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Official town website

Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
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