Lens, Pas-de-Calais

Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of the main towns of Hauts-de-France along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras and Douai. The inhabitants are called Lensois. (...) More

Battle of Lens

The Battle of Lens (20 August 1648) was a French victory under Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé against the Spanish army under Archduke Leopold Wilhelm in the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648). It was the last major battle of the war and a shattering French victory (...) More

Romania at the UEFA European Championship

Distance: 0.11 km

Romania has appeared at five UEFA European Championships, between 1984 and 2016. Their best performance so far was reaching the quarter-finals of Euro 2000, when they were eliminated by eventual tournament runners-up Italy. (...) More

Arrondissement of Lens

Distance: 0.12 km

The arrondissement of Lens is an arrondissement of northern France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. In 2007 it absorbed the two cantons of Avion and Rouvroy from the arrondissement of Arras (...) More

Canton of Lens

Distance: 0.34 km

The canton of Lens is an administrative division of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Lens. It consists of the following communes: #Annay #Lens #Loison-sous-Lens (...) More