Grenay, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Grenay
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Liévin-Nord
insee=62386
cp=62160
maire= Christian Champiré
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm= Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.74388888889
latitude=50.4527777778
alt moy=60 m
alt mini=48 m
alt maxi=80 m
hectares=322
km²=3,22
sans=6427
date-sans=2004
dens=1998|

Grenay is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining and light industrial town situated some convert|5|mi|km|1 northwest of Lens, at the junction of the D165 and the D58.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the 18th century.
* The church of St.Louise, dating from the 20th century.
* The war memorial and the CWGC graves.
* An extremely old tree.

Twin town

flagicon|IRE Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal, Ireland

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://grenay.fr Official town website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=58200&mode=1The CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26879&req=Grenay Grenay on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on August 2nd 2008."