Lens

Lens is a municipality of located in the , . In 2007 its population was 4042. The total area is 49.42 km. The municipality consists of the following districts: Bauffe, Cambron-Saint-Vincent, Lens, Lombise, and Montignies-lez-Lens.
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Wikipedia
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  • Village with 4,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of 64 metres (210 feet)
  • …is also known as “Lens, Belgium”
  • Description: municipality in Wallonia, Belgium

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lens railway station and Pairi Daiza.
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is a railway stop.
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is a privately owned zoo and botanical garden located in , , Belgium. is situated 3 km north of Lens.
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is situated 3 km south of Lens.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cambron-Casteau and Mévergnies-lez-Lens.
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is a French-speaking village located…
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is a village, which is situated 6 km northwest of Lens.
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0.
is a village, which is situated 7 km northeast of Lens.

Lens

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Latitude
50.55708° or 50° 33′ 26″ north
Longitude
3.90055° or 3° 54′ 2″ east
UN/LOCODE
BE LNS
Open location code
9F25HW42+R6
Open­Street­Map ID
node 173100679
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2792871
Wiki­data ID
Q667158

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Zeeuws—“Lens” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Lens”
  • Breton: “Lens”
  • Bulgarian: “Ланс”
  • Catalan: “Lens”
  • Cebuano: “Lens”
  • Chinese: “朗斯_(埃诺省)”
  • Chinese: “朗斯”
  • Dutch: “Lens (Belgie)”
  • Dutch: “Lens”
  • Esperanto: “Lens”
  • French: “Lens”
  • Friulian: “Lens (Belgjo)”
  • Friulian: “Lens”
  • German: “Lens”
  • Hungarian: “Lens”
  • Irish: “Lens”
  • Italian: “Lens”
  • Japanese: “レンス”
  • Latin: “Lendium”
  • Limburgan: “Lens”
  • Luxembourgish: “Lens”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Lens”
  • Norwegian: “Lens”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Lens”
  • Persian: “لان”
  • Persian: “لانس”
  • Picard: “Linse (Bergike)”
  • Picard: “Linse”
  • Polish: “Lens”
  • Portuguese: “Lens”
  • Romanian: “Lens”
  • Russian: “Ланс”
  • Slovak: “Lens”
  • Spanish: “Lens”
  • Swedish: “Lens, Belgien”
  • Turkish: “Lens, Mons”
  • Turkish: “Lens”
  • Urdu: “لنز، بیلجیم”
  • Vietnamese: “Lens, Hainaut”
  • Vietnamese: “Lens”
  • Volapük: “Lens”
  • Walloon: “Linse”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Lens, Belhika”
  • Zeeuws: “Lens (België)”
  • Zeeuws: “Lens”

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