Avion () is a

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in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of

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Geography

An ex- coalmining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just south of

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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

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. * The modern church of St. Denis. * The war memorial. * The nearby

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cemetery. * The nearby

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International relations

Avion is twinned with: *

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, since May 1981. * Erzgebirge,

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since 1961. *

Zgorzelec Zgorzelec (, german: link=no, Görlitz, szl, Gorlice, Upper Lusatian German dialect: ''Gerlz'', ''Gerltz'', and ''Gerltsch'', hsb, Zhorjelc, dsb, Zgórjelc, cz, Zhořelec) is a town in southwestern Poland with 30,374 inhabitants (2019). It ...

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since 1987. * Zagorje ob Savi,

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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-glissoires3.jpg , The city of the Republic view from the top of the

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in the parc Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires4.jpg , The church from the top of the spoil heap in the park of the Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires5.jpg , The Parc Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires6.jpg , The bathing area view in the parc Glissoire File:Avion-glissoires7.jpg , The city of Lens view from the top of the slagheap File:Avion-eglise.jpg , The church of Avion

References

External links

Official website

Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin

Website about Avion and the Palestinians

Ch'ti Parc adventure playground website

The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery
Communes of Pas-de-Calais Artois {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub