Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...
region of France
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Lens
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. The Lens canal and the canalized river Deûle forms three quarters of the borders of the commune.
Oignies
Oignies (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France northeast of Lens.
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Notable people
* Guy Drut, born there in 1950, Olympic track athlete.
* Michel Jazy, Olympic track ...
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):