Avion
Commune
The town hall of Avion
Coat of arms
Location of Avion
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Coordinates: 50°24′36″N 2°50′01″E / 50.41°N 2.8336°E / 50.41; 2.8336
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Avion
Intercommunality	Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Jean Letoquart[1]
Area 1	13.04 km2 (5.03 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	17,672
• Density	1,400/km2 (3,500/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)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avion (French pronunciation: [avjɔ̃] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

An ex-coalmining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads.

Population

Sights

* The church of St. Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.

• The modern church of St. Denis.
• The war memorial.
• The nearby Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial

International relations

Avion is twinned with:^[5]

• Doncaster, England, since May 1981.^[6]
• Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge, Germany since 1961.
• Zgorzelec, Poland since 1987.
• Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia since 1961.

Photographs

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  The library and Place des Droits de l'Enfant
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  La Maison de l'Enfant
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  One of lakes in the parc Glissoire
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  The canoe course in the parc Glissoire
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  The city of the Republic view from the top of the slag heap in the parc Glissoire
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  The church from the top of the spoil heap in the park of the Glissoire
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  The Parc Glissoire
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  The bathing area view in the parc Glissoire
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  The city of Lens view from the top of the slagheap
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  The church of Avion