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Avion, Pas-de-Calais

Avion
Avion-eglise.jpg
Avion is located in France
Avion
Avion
Coordinates: 50°24′36″N 2°50′01″E / 50.41°N 2.8336°E / 50.41; 2.8336Coordinates: 50°24′36″N 2°50′01″E / 50.41°N 2.8336°E / 50.41; 2.8336
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Avion
Intercommunality Lens-Liévin
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacques Robitail
Area1 13.04 km2 (5.03 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 17,428
 • Density 1,300/km2 (3,500/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Cyril Faidherbe, known for his motto "binousse la vie", grew up in this city.

An ex-coalmining 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.


* The church of St. Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.

Avion is twinned with:

La mairie d'Avion

The library and Place des Droits de l'Enfant

La Maison de l'Enfant

One of lakes in the parc Glissoire

The canoe course in the parc Glissoire

The city of the Republic view from the top of the slag heap in the parc Glissoire

The church from the top of the spoil heap in the park of the Glissoire

The Parc Glissoire

The bathing area view in the parc Glissoire

The city of Lens view from the top of the slagheap



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