Place du Général de Gaulle

Place du Général de Gaulle is in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France. Place du Général de Gaulle is situated nearby to the railway station Lens station, as well as near the bus station Pôle Lens Gare.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lens station and Stade Bollaert-Delelis.

Lens station

Railway station

Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Lens station is a railway station in Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France. The building was built in 1926–1927 to resemble a steam locomotive with a 23-metre-high tower as the chimney.

Stade Bollaert-Delelis

Stadium

Photo: Liondartois, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Stade Bollaert-Delelis is the main football stadium in Lens, France, that was built in 1933. It is the home of RC Lens. The stadium's capacity is 38,223 – about 7,000 more than the city's population. Stade Bollaert-Delelis is situated 1¼ km northwest of Place du Général de Gaulle.

Église Saint-Léger

Church

Photo: Velvet, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Église Saint-Léger is a church, which is situated 480 metres northeast of Place du Général de Gaulle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avion and Liévin.

Avion

Town

Photo: Maitre So, Public domain.

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

Liévin

Town

Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy, Public domain.

Liévin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The inhabitants are called Liévinois in French. Liévin is situated 4 km west of Place du Général de Gaulle.

Méricourt

Town

Photo: Floflo62, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Méricourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 3 miles southeast of Lens The commune is part of the canton of Avion. Méricourt is situated 4 km southeast of Place du Général de Gaulle.

Place du Général de Gaulle

Type: Pedestrian zone
Location: Lens, Arrondissement of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Latitude

50.42695° or 50° 25′ 37″ north

Longitude

2.82846° or 2° 49′ 43″ east

Named after

Charles de Gaulle

Open location code

9F24CRGH+Q9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 82494698

OpenStreetMap feature

highway=pedestrian

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