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Lens
City population
38,265
#204
in France
#17
in Hauts-de-France
#14,519
worldwide
50.433, 2.828 · 179 km from Paris
About Lens
Lens is a city in Hauts-de-France, France with a population of 38,265. It is the 204th largest of the 640 cities of 15,000 or more listed in France, and the 14,519th largest worldwide. It lies 179 km from Paris.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#17of 60
Elevation
37 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Paris
Coordinates
50.433, 2.828
Record updated
2019-02-28
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 640 in FranceClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.