- Vendin-le-Vieil
French commune
name= Vendin-le-Vieil
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton=Wingles
insee=62842
cp=62880
maire= Didier Hiel
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.86666666667
latitude=50.4747222222
alt moy=28 m
alt mini=20 m
alt maxi=66 m
hectares=1 067
km²=10,67
sans=6849
date-sans=2005
dens=637|Vendin-le-Vieil is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
An ex-
coalmining area, once boasting 2 pits, now a farming and light industrial town, some convert|4|mi|km northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D38e and the D164e roads.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after
World War I .
* The modern church of St.Auguste.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://vendin-le-vieil.fr Official town website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27327&req=Vendin-le-Vieil Vendin-le-Vieil on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on September 2nd 2008."
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