Leforest

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Leforest

Total population

7,179

Elevation20 m

Land area6.22 km²

Coordinates50.44°, 3.06°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Leforest is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 12 miles (19 km) east of Lens.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Georges Lech

French association football player (born 1945)

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Arthur Birembaut

French engineer (1905–1986)

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Augustin Dujardin

French politician

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Bernard Lech

French association football player

Bernard Minet

French singer and actor

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Daniel Gremelle

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Fleury Joseph Crépin

French painter (1875-1948)

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Henri Kowal

French association football player (1930–2011)

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Jean-Baptiste Douvrin

Jean-Luc Loyer

French comics artist

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Jean-Michel Golynski

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Jean-Michel Sallmann

French historian (1950-)

J

Jean-Paul Bailly

French official

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Jean Luczak

French association football player

Jean Urbaniak

French politician

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Ludovic Breton

French engineer and president and chief executive officer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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