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Revision as of 15:27, 26 April 2004
Lens (population 36,800) is city in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département.
It belongs to the agglomeration of Lens-Liévin which gathers 36 cities or villages, that is to say 250,000 inhabitants.
Very close from there, the Vimy Memorial, is at Vimy Ridge.
History
Famous Lensois
- Émile Basly, trade unionist then mayor of the city, died there in 1928
- Maurice Garin, first winner of Tour de France, died there in 1957
External link
- Agglomeration of Lens-Liévin: http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr