Avion, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Avion
region=
departement=
arrondissement= (since 2007)
canton= Canton of Avion (chef-lieu)
insee=62065 |cp=62210 |maire= Jacques Robitail|mandat=2008-2014
intercomm= Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.83361111111|latitude=50.41
alt moy= 52|alt mini= 27 |alt maxi= 77
hectares= 1304|km²=13,04 |sans=18,422 |date-sans=2005|dens= 1,416|

Avion is a commune and chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just convert|1|mi|km|1 south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
* The modern church of St.Denis.
* The war memorial.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

Twin towns

* Doncaster, England, since May 1981.
* Zgorzelec, Poland.
* Bourj El-Barajné, Lebanon, Palestinian refugee camp.

Photographs

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.ville-avion.org Official website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://www.cappaix.org Website about Avion and the Palestinians] fr
* [http://www.chti-parc.fr.tc Ch'ti Parc adventure playground website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027221&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26564&req=Avion Avion on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 31st 2008."