Jump to content

Lens, Pas-de-Calais: Difference between revisions

From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Almabot (talk | changes)
m robot Adding: pcd:Linse
SilvonenBot (talk | changes)
m robot Modifying: pl:Lens
Line 27: Line 27:
[[oc:Lens (Pas de Calais)]]
[[oc:Lens (Pas de Calais)]]
[[pcd:Linse]]
[[pcd:Linse]]
[[pl:Lens (Pas-de-Calais)]]
[[pl:Lens]]
[[pt:Lens (França)]]
[[pt:Lens (França)]]
[[ro:Lens]]
[[ro:Lens]]

Revision as of 07:08, 31 May 2010

Lens is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department of France. Today, about 36.000 people live there. The city has an important history of mining. There is also the Racing Club de Lens, a well-known French soccer team. Paris is 200km to the south, Lille is 40 km to the north, Douai is 15 km to the east, and Arras is 20km to the south.

The city is very old, though no one knows exactly how old. Ruins of Ancient Roman settlements have been found.