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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Lens-Liévin

Area
  
4.82 km²

Local time
  
Saturday 2:21 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Liévin-Sud

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
4,469 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Angres

Weather
  
10°C, Wind SW at 29 km/h, 65% Humidity

Angres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Angres, France

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb situated just3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just within the borders of the commune.

Sights

  • The church of St. Cyr, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
  • The war memorials.

    • International relations

    Angres is twinned with: Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland.

    References

    Angres Wikipedia
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