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Lens, Pas-de-Calais

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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.

East of Pas-de-Calais (Béthune, Lens, Hénin-Beaumont)

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

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