Annay (Pas-de-Calais)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Lens | |
| Community association | Lens-Liévin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 28 ' N , 2 ° 53' E | |
| height | 21-44 m | |
| surface | 4.33 km 2 | |
| Residents | 4,337 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 1,002 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62880 | |
| INSEE code | 62033 | |
| Website | http://www.annaysouslens.fr/ | |
.JPG) Annay Town Hall |
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Annay (also: Annay-sous-Lens ) is a French municipality with 4337 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Lens , the Canton of Lens and the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin .
geography
The municipality is located as a banlieue about five kilometers northeast of Lens . Loison-sous-Lens is surrounded by the neighboring municipalities of Pont-à-Vendin in the north, Estevelles and Carvin in the northeast, Harnes in the southeast, Loison-sous-Lens in the southwest and Vendin-le-Vieil in the west.
Annay is bounded in the northeast by the canalized river Deûle.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
| Residents | 5,064 | 5,236 | 5,139 | 4,862 | 5.132 | 4,718 | 4,432 | 4,246 |
Attractions
- the former Fosse colliery n ° 24-25 are part of the UNESCO World Heritage " North of France Coal Mining Basin "
- Saint-Amé church from 1958, rebuilt after the previous church was destroyed in the World War
- War cemetery
- the abandoned Protestant church
Personalities
- Max Immelmann (1890–1916), German fighter pilot, shot down by Annay's own air defense
Web links
Commons : Annay - collection of images, videos and audio files
