The 13th constituency of the Pas-de-Calais was a former French legislative constituency which existed until 2012. It was one of 14 French legislative constituencies in the Pas-de-Calais department (62) located in the

Nord-Pas-de-Calais Nord-Pas-de-Calais (); pcd, Nord-Pas-Calés); is a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region Hauts-de-France. It consisted of the departments of Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Nord-Pas-de-Calais ...

region.

Geographic and demographic description

The department of Pas-de-Calais had fourteen constituencies. The thirteenth constituency of Pas-de-Calais was made up of: * town of Billy-Montigny * Commune of

Fouquières-lès-Lens Fouquières-lès-Lens (, literally ''Fouquières near Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town situated some east of Lens, at the junction of the D46 and th ...

* town of

Lens A lens is a transmissive optical device which focuses or disperses a light beam by means of refraction. A simple lens consists of a single piece of transparent material, while a compound lens consists of several simple lenses (''elements ...

* Municipality of

Loison-sous-Lens Loison-sous-Lens (, literally ''Loison under Lens'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Loison-sous-Lens is a suburban town, one mile east of the centre of Lens, at the junction of t ...

* town of Noyelles-sous-Lens * town of

Sallaumines Sallaumines (; pcd, Sallaumine or ''Sallau'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. Administration Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 2 ...

Source: Official Journal of October 14-15, 1958.

Since 1998

The thirteenth constituency of Pas-de-Calais was delimited as an electoral division by law n°86-1197 of the November 24, 1986. It includes the following administrative divisions : Cantons of Harnes, Lens Est, Lens Nord-Est, Lens Nord-Ouest. According to the general census of the population in 1999 , carried out by the

Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies (french: link=no, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques), abbreviated INSEE or Insee ( , ), is the national statistics bureau of France. It collects and publishe ...

(INSEE), the population of this district was estimated at 105,072 inhabitants.

Election results

2007

Sources

* Official results of French elections from 1998:

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pas-De-Calais' 13th Constituency Defunct French legislative constituencies French legislative constituencies of Pas-de-Calais