Pont-à-Vendin

Pont-à-Vendin
Pont-à-Vendin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Pont-à-Vendin
Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°E / 50.4744; 2.8894Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°E / 50.4744; 2.8894
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Ogier
Area1	2.01 km2 (0.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	3,127
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62666 / 62880
Elevation	21–41 m (69–135 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pont-à-Vendin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The commune was important during the Middle Ages, as the Deûle river is bridged here.

Population

Places of interest

• The eighteenth century church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• The German war cemetery.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont-à-Vendin.

• War memorial website (French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Pont-à-Vendin on the Quid website (French)