Arrondissement of Lens

Arrondissement of Lens
Location of Lens in Nord-Pas de Calais
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas de Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Cantons	17
Communes	43
Subprefecture	Lens
Area¹
• Total	278 km2 (107 sq mi)
Population (1999)
• Total	326,719
• Density	1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi)
¹ French Land Register data, which exclude lakes, ponds, and glaciers larger than 1 km² as well as the estuaries of rivers.

The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas de Calais region. It has 17 cantons and 43 communes.

Composition

Cantons

The cantons of the arrondissement of Lens are:

1. Avion
2. Bully-les-Mines
3. Carvin
4. Courrières
5. Harnes
6. Hénin-Beaumont
7. Leforest
8. Lens-Est
9. Lens-Nord-Est
10. Lens-Nord-Ouest
11. Liévin-Nord
12. Liévin-Sud
13. Montigny-en-Gohelle
14. Noyelles-sous-Lens
15. Rouvroy
16. Sains-en-Gohelle
17. Wingles

Communes

The communes of the arrondissement of Lens, and their INSEE codes, are:

External links

• Lens on French National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies site (INSEE, in French)

Coordinates: 50°26′00″N 2°50′00″E / 50.4333°N 2.8333°E / 50.4333; 2.8333