Loison-sous-Lens

Loison-sous-Lens
Commune
The church of Loison-sous-Lens
Coat of arms
Loison-sous-Lens Location within Hauts-de-France region Loison-sous-Lens
Coordinates: 50°26′20″N 2°51′12″E / 50.4389°N 2.8533°E / 50.4389; 2.8533Coordinates: 50°26′20″N 2°51′12″E / 50.4389°N 2.8533°E / 50.4389; 2.8533
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Lens
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Kruszka
Area1	3.55 km2 (1.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,586
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62523 /62218
Elevation	24–48 m (79–157 ft) (avg. 24 m or 79 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.

Loison-sous-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Loison-sous-Lens is a suburban town, one mile east of the centre of Lens, at the junction of the D917 and the D162 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 twentieth century.
• A war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Loison-sous-Lens.

• Official Web site (in French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)
• Loison-sous-Lens on the Quid website (in French)