Lens (Municipality, Province of Hainaut, Belgium)

Last modified: 2006-10-21 by ivan sache
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Municipal flag of Lens - Image by Arnaud Leroy, 16 December 2005

• Presentation of Lens
• Municipal flag of Lens

See also:

• Belgium
• Province of Hainaut: Municipal flags
• Belgium: Municipal flags

Presentation of Lens

The municipality of Lens (3,717 inhabitants; 4,921 ha) is located on the river Dendre at mid-distance between Ath and Mons. It is made since 1976 of the former municipalities of Bauffe, Cambron-Saint-Vincent, Lens and Lombise.

Before the building of the railway, Lens was a convenient pit stop for people traveling between Mons and Ath and was famous for its inns and pubs. The village grew up around the Abbaye des Trinitaires, founded by the Knights Templars in the XIIth century. In the past, the main industries in Lens were tanneries located on the Dendre and a sugarhouse.
Lens is the birth city of the painter, sculptor and cartoonist Paul Cuvelier.

Source: Pays de Mons website (page no longer online)

Ivan Sache, 16 December 2005

Municipal flag of Lens

The municipal flag of Lens is red with three white lions armed, langued and crowned yellow.
According to Armoiries communales en Belgique. Communes wallonnes, bruxelloises et germanophones, the flag was adopted by the Municipal Council on 22 March 1999 and confirmed by the Executive of the French Community on 30 April 1999, with the following description:
Rouge à trois lions blancs armés, lampassés et couronnés de jaune.

The flag is a banner of the municipal arms:
De gueules à trois lions d'argent armés, lampassés et couronn´s d'or.
Gules three lions argent armed langued and crowned or.

Arnaud Leroy, Pascal Vagnat & Ivan Sache, 16 December 2005