Avion () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.INSEE commune file
Geography An ex-coal mining industrial town, with a little farming, situated just south of Lens at the junction of the N17, D40 and D55 roads.
Population
Sights * The church of St. Eloi, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War. The modern church of St. Denis. The war memorial. The nearby Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery. The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial
International relations
Avion is twinned with: Doncaster, England, since May 1981. Oelsnitz/Erzgebirge, Germany since 1961. Zgorzelec, Poland since 1987. Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia since 1961.
Photographs
See also Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
Official website Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin Website about Avion and the Palestinians Ch'ti Parc adventure playground website The CWGC graves in the commune cemetery