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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Lens-Liévin

Area
  
5.93 km²

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Wingles

Population (2014)
  
8,437

Local time
  
Tuesday 12:50 PM

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Weather
  
17°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 54% Humidity

Wingles (Dutch: Westerwinkel) is a commune and in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Wingles, France

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies 6 miles (9.7 km) north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D165 roads.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War I.

    • Notable people

  • Émilienne Moreau-Evrard, French resistance heroine, was born at Wingles in 1898.

    • References

    Wingles Wikipedia
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