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ID: 7009278
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7009278
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Lens (inhabited place)  Lens (inhabited place)

Coordinates:
Lat: 50 25 52 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 50.4312  decimal degrees
Long: 002 50 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 2.8332  decimal degrees

Note: Chief urban center of Pas-de-Calais coal basin; scene of French victory over Spaniards 1648; occupied by Germans 1914-1918, until taken by Allies; completely destroyed in World War I; damaged in World War II; active in both trade and service industries.

Names:
Lens (preferred,C,V)
Lendum (H,O)
Lentium (H,O)  ............ ancient

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division))  ............  Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Lens (inhabited place)  ................  Lens (inhabited place) (P)

Additional Parents:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Europe (continent)  ....  Europe (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of France (nation)  ........  France (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division))  ............  Hauts-de-France (region (administrative division)) (P)
Hierarchy of Artois (historical region)  ................  Artois (historical region) (P)
Hierarchy of Lens (inhabited place)  ....................  Lens (inhabited place) (P,H)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)
city (C)
industrial center (C)
mining center (C)
trade center (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Lendum..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 662
Lens..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 268
...........  NGA/NIMA database (2003-)
...........  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 111
Lentium..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 662
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) VI, 268
..................  NGA/NIMA database (2003-) -1442302
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1994) 111
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 662
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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