Pont-à-Vendin

Pont-à-Vendin
Commune
The town hall of Pont-à-Vendin
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°E / 50.4744; 2.8894Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°E / 50.4744; 2.8894
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Ogier
Area 1	2.01 km2 (0.78 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	3,167
• Density	1,600/km2 (4,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62666 /62880
Elevation	21–41 m (69–135 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Pont-à-Vendin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The commune was important during the Middle Ages, as the Deûle river is bridged here.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The eighteenth century church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• The German war cemetery.
• The war memorial.

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pont-à-Vendin.

• War memorial website (in French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)

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