Noyelles-sous-Lens
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| Commune of Noyelles-sous-Lens | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02°52'25 E |
| Latitude | 50°25'52 N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Liévin-Sud |
| Intercommunality | Communaupole of Lens-Liévin |
| Mayor | Hervé Janiszewski (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 23–43 |
| Land area¹ | 3,72 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
7,393 |
| - Density (1999) | 1,987/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62628/ 62221 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Noyelles-sous-Lens is a town and commune in northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais, arrondissement of Lens.
It belongs to the communauté d'agglomération of Lens-Liévin (Communaupole) which gathers 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
[edit] See also
- Courrières mine disaster on March 10, 1906 which affected Noyelles-sous-Lens
[edit] External links
- Town council website (in French)
- http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr (in French)
