Vendin-le-Vieil

Vendin-le-Vieil
Commune
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Coordinates: 50°28′29″N 2°52′00″E / 50.4747°N 2.8667°E / 50.4747; 2.8667Coordinates: 50°28′29″N 2°52′00″E / 50.4747°N 2.8667°E / 50.4747; 2.8667
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Wingles
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Didier Hiel
Area 1	10.67 km2 (4.12 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	8,543
• Density	800/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62842 /62880
Elevation	20–66 m (66–217 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography[]

An ex-coalmining area, once boasting 2 pits, now a farming and light industrial town, Vending-le-Vieil lies 4 miles (6.4 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

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vendin-le-Vieil.

• Official town website (in French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin(in French)

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