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Lens

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About Lens

Lens is a municipality in the province of Hainaut in Wallonia, Belgium. On 1 January 2024 it had 4,636 inhabitants on an area of 49.9 km², a population density of 93 inhabitants per km². That is lower than the average of 357 per km² in Hainaut and lower than the Belgian average of 384 per km².

By population, Lens ranks 505th of Belgium’s 565 municipalities and 64th of the 69 municipalities in Hainaut. By area it ranks 232nd in Belgium.

The official language is French.

Neighbouring municipalities

Lens borders 5 municipalities:

Postcodes in Lens

PostcodePlaces
7870Bauffe, Cambron-Saint-Vincent, Lens, Lombise, Montignies-lez-Lens

Distances from Lens

Tokmmiles
Mons149
Charleroi4125
Brussels4729
Kortrijk5232
Ghent5836
Mechelen6339
Leuven6641
Namur6943
Antwerp8352
Bruges9056
Ostend9962
Hasselt10767
Liège11974
Arlon167104

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Nearby municipalities

More about Lens: Wikipedia.