Noyelles-sous-Lens (, literally ''Noyelles under

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'') is a

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in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern

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. It is east of the centre of

Administration

Noyelles-sous-Lens belongs to the Agglomeration community of Lens – Liévin, which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.

History

The

Courrières mine disaster The Courrières mine disaster, Europe's worst mining accident, caused the death of 1,099 miners in Northern France on 10 March 1906. This disaster was surpassed only by the Benxihu Colliery accident in China on 26 April 1942, which killed 1,5 ...

on March 10, 1906, affected Noyelles-sous-Lens.

Population

Twin towns

Noyelles-sous-Lens is twinned with: *

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since 1983 * Roundstone,

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since 2004Twinning:
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Notable people

Noyelles-sous-Lens was the birthplace of

Edita Piekha Edita Piekha (russian: Эди́та Станисла́вовна Пье́ха, ''Edita Stanislavovna Pyekha'', pl, Edyta Piecha, french: Édith-Marie Piecha) is a Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent. She was the third popular ...

(born 1937), Russian actress and singer of French and Polish heritage.

References

External links

Town council website

Communaupole website
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