🇫🇷 Sallaumines is a commune of northern France. Sallaumines is located in the Pas-de-Calais department.
1Administration[edit] Sallaumines belongs to the Lens-Liévin intercommunality which consists of 36 communes.
1History[edit] 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.
1Geography[edit] 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.
1Transportation[edit] 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.
1Sallaumines has a population of over 9,654 people. Sallaumines also forms part of the wider Lens metropolitan area which has a population of over 367,839 people. It is also a part of the larger Pas-de-Calais Département. Sallaumines is situated near .
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Sallaumines has links with:
🇩🇪 Lugau, Germany 🇺🇦 Toretsk, Ukraine 🇺🇦 Torez, Ukraine 🇸🇮 Trbovlje, Slovenia 🇵🇱 Wodzisław Śląski, Poland🇵🇱 Tarnowskie Góry 50.445
🇵🇱 Busko-Zdrój 50.408
🇵🇱 Piekary Śląskie 50.396
🇩🇪 Limburg an der Lahn 50.384
🇫🇷 Valenciennes 50.358
🇩🇿 Aïn Bénian 2.917
Locations Near: Sallaumines 2.86367,50.4204
🇫🇷 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 3.145,50.623 d: 30.1
🇫🇷 Roubaix 3.182,50.69 d: 37.5
Antipodal to: Sallaumines -177.136,-50.42
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 16754.5
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15954.5
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15917.7
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15614.5
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11920.5
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11847.6
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11835.8
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11830.2