Vendin-le-Vieil
Encyclopedia
Vendin-le-Vieil is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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town, Vending-le-Vieil lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D38e and the D164e roads.
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
An ex-coalmining area, once boasting 2 pits, now a farming and light industrialLight industry
Light industry is usually less capital intensive than heavy industry, and is more consumer-oriented than business-oriented...
town, Vending-le-Vieil lies 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Lens, at the junction of the D38e and the D164e roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, rebuilt along with the rest of the town, after World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - The modern church of St.Auguste.