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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 421 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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town of See also:Northern See also:France, in the See also:department of Pasde-See also:Calais, 13 m. N.N.E. of See also:Arras by See also:rail on the See also:Defile and on the Lens See also:canal. Pop. (1906) 27,692. Lens hasimportant See also:iron and See also:steel foundries, and See also:engineering See also:works and manufactories of steel cables, and occupies a central position in the coalfields of the department. Two and a See also:half See also:miles W.S. W.. lies Lievin (pop. 22,070); likewise 'a centre of the coalfield'. In 1648 the neighbourhood of Lens was the See also:scene of a celebrated victory gained by See also:Louis II. of See also:Bourbon, See also:prince of See also:Conde, over the Spaniards.

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