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Avion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, situated within the Hauts-de-France region. It serves as the capital of the canton of Avion and is located in both the arrondissement of Lens and the arrondissement of Arras. The municipality covers an area of 13.04 square kilometers and shares borders with Lens, Vimy, Liévin, and Méricourt. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as 77 meters, with another source listing it at 35 meters.
The population of Avion is 18,245, comprising 8,343 males and 9,279 females. The town has been twinned with Zgorzelec and Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge. Avion received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918. Its postal code is 62210, and it operates under the Europe/Paris timezone.
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Place details
- Locality
- Avion
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 18,470
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Pas-de-Calais
- Arrondissement
- Lens
- Canton
- Avion
- Intercommunality
- Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
- Mayor 2023 2026
- Jean Letoquart
- Area
- 13.04 km (5.03 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 17,435
- Density
- 1,337/km (3,463/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 62065 /62210
- Elevation
- 27–77 m (89–253 ft) , (avg. 52 m or 171 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Avion
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Arras
- Population
- 17435
- Area
- 13.04
- Elevation
- 43
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Givenchy-en-Gohelle
- Official website
- ville-avion.fr
- Image
- Avion-mairie.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Oelsnitz, Erzgebirge
- Commons category
- Avion (Pas-de-Calais)
- postal code
- 62210
- Commons gallery
- Avion
- associated electoral district
- canton of Avion
- male population
- 8343
- female population
- 9279
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-79-44-79
- fax number
- +33-3-21-67-75-81
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Encyclopedic overview
Avion ( French pronunciation: [avjɔ̃] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Avion” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.