Carvin

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This article refers to a French commune. For the guitar manufacturer see Carvin Corporation.

Carvin is a commune and the chief town of a canton in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the arrondissement of Lens. It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération of Hénin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes with 125,000 inhabitants.

Population (1999): 17,891 inhabitants (carvinois) for the commune and 26,626 inhabitants for the canton.

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

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Coordinates: 50°29′N, 2°58′E