Lens, France
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Lens (population 36,800) is city in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département.

It belongs to the agglomeration of Lens-Liévin which gathers 36 cities or villages, that is to say 250,000 inhabitants.

Very close from there, the Vimy Memorial, is at Vimy Ridge.

History

Famous Lensois

• Emile Basly, trade unionist then mayor of the city, died there in 1928
• Maurice Garin, first winner of Tour de France, died there in 1957

External link

• Agglomeration of Lens-Liévin: http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr

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