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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (2006)
  
3,127

Local time
  
Thursday 9:56 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Harnes

Area
  
201 ha

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Pont-à-Vendin

Intercommunality
  
Communaupole de Lens-Liévin

Weather
  
12°C, Wind NE at 23 km/h, 66% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Pont-%C3%A0-Vendin, France

Geography

Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The commune was important during the Middle Ages, as the Deûle river is bridged here.

Places of interest

  • The eighteenth century church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
  • The German war cemetery.
  • The war memorial.

    • References

    Pont-à-Vendin Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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