Arrondissement of Lens

Template:Infobox French subdivision The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 50 communes.<ref name=insee2/> Its population is 369,427 (2021), and its area is Template:Convert.<ref name=insee>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Composition

The communes of the arrondissement of Lens, and their INSEE codes, are:<ref name=insee2>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Div col

1. Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (62001)
2. Acheville (62003)
3. Aix-Noulette (62019)
4. Angres (62032)
5. Annay (62033)
6. Avion (62065)
7. Bénifontaine (62107)
8. Billy-Montigny (62133)
9. Bois-Bernard (62148)
10. Bouvigny-Boyeffles (62170)
11. Bully-les-Mines (62186)
12. Carency (62213)
13. Carvin (62215)
14. Courcelles-lès-Lens (62249)
15. Courrières (62250)
16. Dourges (62274)
17. Drocourt (62277)
18. Éleu-dit-Leauwette (62291)
19. Estevelles (62311)
20. Évin-Malmaison (62321)
21. Fouquières-lès-Lens (62351)
22. Givenchy-en-Gohelle (62371)
23. Gouy-Servins (62380)
24. Grenay (62386)
25. Harnes (62413)
26. Hénin-Beaumont (62427)
27. Hulluch (62464)
28. Leforest (62497)
29. Lens (62498)
30. Libercourt (62907)
31. Liévin (62510)
32. Loison-sous-Lens (62523)
33. Loos-en-Gohelle (62528)
34. Mazingarbe (62563)
35. Méricourt (62570)
36. Meurchin (62573)
37. Montigny-en-Gohelle (62587)
38. Noyelles-Godault (62624)
39. Noyelles-sous-Lens (62628)
40. Oignies (62637)
41. Pont-à-Vendin (62666)
42. Rouvroy (62724)
43. Sains-en-Gohelle (62737)
44. Sallaumines (62771)
45. Servins (62793)
46. Souchez (62801)
47. Vendin-le-Vieil (62842)
48. Villers-au-Bois (62854)
49. Vimy (62861)
50. Wingles (62895)

History

The arrondissement of Lens was created in 1962 from part of the arrondissement of Béthune.<ref name=splaf>Historique du Pas-de-Calais</ref><ref>Décret n°62-6 du 10 janvier 1962</ref> In January 2007 it absorbed the two cantons of Avion and Rouvroy from the arrondissement of Arras.<ref name=splaf/> At the January 2017 reorganisation of the arrondissements of Pas-de-Calais, it gained eight communes from the arrondissement of Arras, and it lost one commune to the arrondissement of Béthune.<ref name=arrete>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

As a result of the reorganisation of the cantons of France which came into effect in 2015, the borders of the cantons are no longer related to the borders of the arrondissements. The cantons of the arrondissement of Lens were, as of January 2015:<ref name=pop2012>Populations légales 2012: 62 Pas-de-Calais, INSEE</ref> Template:Div col

1. Avion
2. Bully-les-Mines
3. Carvin
4. Courrières
5. Harnes
6. Hénin-Beaumont
7. Leforest
8. Lens-Est
9. Lens-Nord-Est
10. Lens-Nord-Ouest
11. Liévin-Nord
12. Liévin-Sud
13. Montigny-en-Gohelle
14. Noyelles-sous-Lens
15. Rouvroy
16. Sains-en-Gohelle
17. Wingles