Arrondissement of Lens explained

Type:arr
Lens
Insee:627
Nbcomm:50
Prefecture:n
Seat:Lens
Area:351.5

The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 50 communes. Its population is 367,839 (2016), and its area is 351.5km2.[1]

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Lens, and their INSEE codes, are:[2]

  1. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (62001)
  2. Acheville (62003)
  3. Aix-Noulette (62019)
  4. Angres (62032)
  5. Annay (62033)
  6. Avion (62065)
  7. Bénifontaine (62107)
  8. Billy-Montigny (62133)
  9. Bois-Bernard (62148)
  10. Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62170)
  11. Bully-les-Mines (62186)
  12. Carency (62213)
  13. Carvin (62215)
  14. Courcelles-lès-Lens (62249)
  15. Courrières (62250)
  16. Dourges (62274)
  17. Drocourt (62277)
  18. Éleu-dit-Leauwette (62291)
  19. Estevelles (62311)
  20. Évin-Malmaison (62321)
  21. Fouquières-lès-Lens (62351)
  22. Givenchy-en-Gohelle (62371)
  23. Gouy-Servins (62380)
  24. Grenay (62386)
  25. Harnes (62413)
  26. Hénin-Beaumont (62427)
  27. Hulluch (62464)
  28. Leforest (62497)
  29. Lens (62498)
  30. Libercourt (62907)
  31. Liévin (62510)
  32. Loison-sous-Lens (62523)
  33. Loos-en-Gohelle (62528)
  34. Mazingarbe (62563)
  35. Méricourt (62570)
  36. Meurchin (62573)
  37. Montigny-en-Gohelle (62587)
  38. Noyelles-Godault (62624)
  39. Noyelles-sous-Lens (62628)
  40. Oignies (62637)
  41. Pont-à-Vendin (62666)
  42. Rouvroy (62724)
  43. Sains-en-Gohelle (62737)
  44. Sallaumines (62771)
  45. Servins (62793)
  46. Souchez (62801)
  47. Vendin-le-Vieil (62842)
  48. Villers-au-Bois (62854)
  49. Vimy (62861)
  50. Wingles (62895)

History

The arrondissement of Lens was created in 1962 from part of the arrondissement of Béthune.[3] [4] In January 2007 it absorbed the two cantons of Avion and Rouvroy from the arrondissement of Arras.[3] At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it gained eight communes from the arrondissement of Arras, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Béthune.[5]

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Lens were, as of January 2015:[6]

  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

References

50.43°N 2.83°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Comparateur de territoire, géographie au 01/01/2019. 2019-10-02. INSEE.
  2. Web site: Arrondissement de Lens (627). 2019-10-02. INSEE.
  3. http://splaf.free.fr/62his.html Historique du Pas-de-Calais
  4. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/jo_pdf.do?id=JORFTEXT000000302017&pageCourante=00317 Décret n°62-6 du 10 janvier 1962
  5. Web site: Arrêté préfectoral, 20 December 2016. 2019-10-22.
  6. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep62.pdf Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais

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