Grenay, Pas-de-Calais
Encyclopedia
Grenay is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.
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 and light industrial town situated some 5 miles (8 km) northwest of LensLens, Pas-de-Calais
Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.-Metropolitan area:...
, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century.
- The church of St.Louise, dating from the twentieth century.
- The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
- An extremely old tree.