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Visit Lens: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Lens is situated in the Pas-de-Calais department (Nord-Pas-de-Calais region) in the north of France at 16 km from Arras, the department capital. (General information: Lens is 178 km from Paris and 90 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Arras at 17 km from Lens

Popular places to visit near Lens: these include Arras at 17 km and Lille at 28 km. Arras is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 16km and Wattignies is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 23km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Lens: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 2*;

Selected places to visit and attractions near Lens, France

Distances shown are direct, driving distances will be greater.

Arras 17km

Lille 28km

Roubaix 38km

Cambrai 41km

Things to see in Lens and nearby

Places with 'official' tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit near Lens

'Remarkable gardens': Le parc Barbieux (36km) : Parc du château de Sericourt (40km) : Le jardin du Manoir-aux-Loups (45km) : La ferme du mont des Récollets (48km) :
Religious monuments: Cathédrale Notre Dame de La Treille (Lille) (28km) : Eglise de Notre Dame de Vaucelles (Les Rues-des-Vignes) (49km) :
Town / village in bloom 4*: Arras (16km) : Wattignies (23km) : Wasquehal (34km) : Mastaing (36km) : Roubaix (38km) : Tourcoing (40km) : Boubers-sur-Canche (45km) :
Towns of Art and History: Lille (28km) : Cambrai (41km) :
Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Amand-les-Eaux (42km) :