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Lens is a city in Hauts-de-France, France. A former industrial city, its wealth was founded on textiles and coal mining. In 2009, the Louvre opened a branch in Lens, called - naturally enough - Louvre-Lens. Map. Directions.
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Don’t miss the Louvre Lens, a branch of the world’s most famous museum in Paris with collections from the mother-ship. Strikingly different and strikingly good. Lens City Guide. Best way to find your bearings: Head to the tourist office for a map and local bus service details. Or wander: The town is famous for its art-deco style.
Lens (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃s] ⓘ; Picard: Linse) is a city in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. [3] 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 (pronounced [lɑ̃swa]).
The population of Lens was 36 192 in 1999, 35 583 in 2006 and 36 011 in 2007. The population density of Lens is 3 077.86 inhabitants per km². The number of housing of Lens was 16 990 in 2007. These homes of Lens consist of 15 785 main residences, 86 second or occasional homes and 1 118 vacant homes.
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Jan 26, 2020 · Lens is finding a new direction, as the Louvre-Lens makes clear, with its world-class exhibition and permanent collection. There’s also a powerful new museum about the First World War, apt because Lens was right on the western front. Lets explore the best things to do in Lens: 1. Louvre-Lens.
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Lens in the Nord department, a few kilometres south east of Bethune and just to the north of Arras was for three centuries a major production area for the coal mining industry. When production ceased in the late 20 th century, Lens for a while, had an air of dejection.
