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Coordinates: 50°24′36″N 2°50′01″E / 50.41°N 2.8336°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Lens |
Canton | Avion |
Intercommunality | Communaupole de Lens-Liévin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2023–2026) | Jean Letoquart [1] |
Area 1 | 13.04 km2 (5.03 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 17,672 |
• Density | 1,400/km2 (3,500/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62065 /62210 |
Elevation | 27–77 m (89–253 ft) (avg. 52 m or 171 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Avion (French pronunciation: [avjɔ̃] ⓘ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]
An ex- coal mining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads.
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Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 22,422 | — |
1975 | 22,894 | +0.30% |
1982 | 21,023 | −1.21% |
1990 | 18,534 | −1.56% |
1999 | 18,298 | −0.14% |
2007 | 17,653 | −0.45% |
2012 | 18,168 | +0.58% |
2017 | 17,622 | −0.61% |
Source: INSEE [4] |
* The church of St. Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the
First World War.