Pont-à-Vendin

Pont-à-Vendin
Pont-à-Vendin
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Pont-à-Vendin
Coordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°ECoordinates: 50°28′28″N 2°53′22″E / 50.4744°N 2.8894°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Harnes
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Ogier
Area^1	2.01 km^2 (0.78 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	3,127
• Density	1,600/km^2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62666 / 62880
Elevation	21–41 m (69–135 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pont-à-Vendin is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The commune was important during the Middle Ages, as the Deûle river is bridged here.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
3414	3489	3368	2882	2803	2899	3127
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The eighteenth century church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
• The German war cemetery.
• The war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• War memorial website (French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Pont-à-Vendin on the Quid website (French)