Lens, Pas-de-Calais

Lens
Subprefecture and commune
Lens in late-July 2006
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Lens
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Coordinates: 50°25′56″N 2°50′00″E / 50.4322°N 2.8333°E / 50.4322; 2.8333
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Lens
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Robert[1]
Area 1	11.70 km2 (4.52 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	32,618
• Density	2,800/km2 (7,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62498 /62300
Elevation	27–71 m (89–233 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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]).