Loison-sous-Lens

French commune
name= Loison-sous-Lens
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Lens-Nord-Est
insee=62523
cp=62218
maire= Daniel Kruszka
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.85333333333
latitude=50.4388888889
alt moy=24 m
alt mini=24 m
alt maxi=48 m
hectares=355
km²=3,55
sans=5672
date-sans=2005
dens=1578|

Loison-sous-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A suburban town, one mile east of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D917 and the D162e roads. Bounded to the west by the A21 autoroute and to the south by the Lens Canal.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Vaast, dating from the 20th century.
* A war memorial.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.ville-loison-sous-lens.fr Commune website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27013&req=Loison-sous-Lens Loison-sous-Lens on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on August 4th 2008."