Editing Lens, Belgium

{{Short description|Municipality in Hainault Province, Belgium}}
{{Infobox Belgium municipality
|name=Lens
|native_name={{native_name|pcd|Linse}}
|picture= 0 Bauffe - Monument aux victimes de la guerre 1914-1918.JPG
|picture-legend=
|map=Lens Hainaut Belgium Map.svg
|map-legend=Location of Lens in Hainaut
|arms=CommunesBelgique-Lens.svg
|flag=Lens vlag.svg
|region={{BE-REG-WAL}}
|community={{BE-FR}}
|province={{BE-PROV-HT}}
|arrondissement=[[Arrondissement of Mons|Mons]]
|nis=53046
|pyramid-date=
|0-19=
|20-64=
|65=
|foreigners=
|foreigners-date=
|mayor=Isabelle Galant ([[Reformist Movement|MR]])<br />(MDC)
|majority=MDC (Mouvement Démocratique Communal)
|postal-codes=7870
|telephone-area=065
|web=[http://www.lens.be/ www.lens.be]
|coordinates = {{coord|50|33|N|03|54|E|region:BE|display=inline,title}}
}}
'''Lens''' ({{IPA|fr|lɑ̃s|-|Fr-Paris--Lens.ogg}}; {{langx|pcd|Linse}}) is a [[Municipalities of Belgium|municipality]] of [[Wallonia]] located in the [[Hainaut Province|province of Hainaut]], [[Belgium]]. 

In 2007 its [[population]] was 4042.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |title=Werkelijke bevolking per gemeente op 1 januari 2007 / Population de droit par commune au 1 janvier 2007 (.xls) |access-date=2011-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081123144002/http://www.statbel.fgov.be/downloads/pop200701com.xls |archive-date=2008-11-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The total area is 49.42&nbsp;km² which gives a [[population density]] of 80 inhabitants per km².

The municipality consists of the following [[deelgemeente|districts]]: [[Bauffe]], [[Cambron-Saint-Vincent]], Lens, [[Lombise]], and [[Montignies-lez-Lens]].

It is located along the [[N56 road (Belgium)|N56 road]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |title=Geografische coördinaten van de gemeenten (.xls) |access-date=2011-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081124205332/http://www.statbel.fgov.be/pub/d1/p120_nl.xls |archive-date=2008-11-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Commons category-inline}}

{{Geographic location
|Centre = Lens
|N  = [[Silly, Belgium|Silly]]
|E  = [[Soignies]]
|S  = [[Jurbise]]
|W  = [[Chièvres]]
|NW = [[Brugelette]]
}}
{{Hainaut}}
{{Authority control}}

[[Category:Municipalities of Hainaut (province)]]


{{Hainaut-geo-stub}}