Noyelles-sous-Lens
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 50°25′52″N 2°52′25″E / 50.4311°N 2.8736°ECoordinates: 50°25′52″N 2°52′25″E / 50.4311°N 2.8736°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Harnes |
| Intercommunality | Lens – Liévin |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Roger |
| Area1 | 3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 7,079 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62628 /62221 |
| Elevation | 23–43 m (75–141 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Noyelles-sous-Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is 3 km (2 mi) east of the centre of Lens.
Noyelles-sous-Lens belongs to the Agglomeration community of Lens – Liévin, which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
The Courrières mine disaster on March 10, 1906, affected Noyelles-sous-Lens.
Noyelles-sous-Lens is twinned with:
Noyelles-sous-Lens was the birthplace of Edita Piekha (born 1937), Russian actress and singer of French and Polish heritage.
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