Canton of Lens
| Canton of Lens | |
|---|---|
| region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| main place | Lens |
| Residents | 41,162 (Jan. 1, 2017) |
| Population density | 2,102 inhabitants / km² |
| surface | 19.58 km² |
| Communities | 3 |
| INSEE code | 6229 |
 Location of the canton of Lens in the Pas-de-Calais department |
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The canton of Lens is a French constituency in the Arrondissement of Lens , in the department of Pas-de-Calais and in the region of Hauts-de-France ; its main town is Lens .
The canton of Lens is 19.58 km² and has 41,162 inhabitants ( as of 2017 ), which corresponds to a population density of 2102 inhabitants per km².
Communities
The following three municipalities belong to the canton of Lens:
| local community | Residents January 1, 2017 |
Area km² |
Density of population / km² |
Code INSEE |
Post Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annay | 4,337 | 4.33 | 1.002 | 62033 | 62880 |
| Lens | 31,415 | 11.70 | 2,685 | 62498 | 62300 |
| Loison-sous-Lens | 5,410 | 3.55 | 1,524 | 62523 | 62218 |
| Canton of Lens | 41,162 | 19.58 | 2,102 | 6229 | - |