Sallaumines
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Sallaumines ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}; Template:Langx or Sallau) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France.<ref>INSEE commune file</ref>
AdministrationEdit
Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.
HistoryEdit
The history of the area remains marked by the Courrières mine disaster which caused 1099 deaths on 10 March 1906 on the territories of Billy-Montigny, Méricourt and Sallaumines.
On 18 June 1916 Max Immelmann, the first German World War I flying ace, was killed by the British 25 Squadron Royal Flying Corps while flying over the area.
PopulationEdit
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GeographyEdit
Its nearby communes are Méricourt to the southeast, Avion to the southwest, Lens to the west, Loison-sous-Lens to the north, Harnes to the northeast and Montigny-en-Gohelle to the east.
TransportationEdit
The A21 motorway passes north of the town. Sallaumines has a train station (Gare de Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Lille, and another one (Gare de Pont-de-Sallaumines) on the line from Lens to Valenciennes.
Twin towns - sister citiesEdit
Sallaumines is twinned with:<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Template:Flagicon Lugau, Germany
- Template:Flagicon Torez, Ukraine
- Template:Flagicon Trbovlje, Slovenia
- Template:Flagicon Wodzisław Śląski, Poland
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
External linksEdit
- Communauté d'Agglomération de Lens-Liévin (in French)