Avion, Pas-de-Calais

Avion () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

An ex-coal mining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads.

Population

Sights

<br>* 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:

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

Photographs

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

External links

• Official website
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
• Website about Avion and the Palestinians
• Ch'ti Parc adventure playground website
• The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery