Pont-à-Vendin
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Pont-à-Vendin is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Geography

Pont-à-Vendin is a farming and light industrial town, 5 miles (8 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D30 and the D164 roads. The commune was important during the Middle Ages
Middle Ages
The Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...

, as the Deûle
Deûle
The Deûle is a river of northern France which is currently channeled for the main part of its course . The upstream part is still partly free-flowing and is known as the Souchez...

 river is bridged here.

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
3414 3489 3368 2882 2803 2899 3127
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The eighteenth century church of St. Vaast, rebuilt along with most of the town, after the First World War.
  • The German war cemetery.
  • The war memorial.

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