Carvin

This article refers to a French commune. For the guitar manufacturer see Carvin A&I

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Carvin is a commune and the chief town of a canton in northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais d?partement, in the arrondissement of Lens. It belongs to the Communaut? d'agglom?ration of H?nin-Carvin which gathers 14 communes, is 125,000 inhabitants.

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Population (1999): 17,891 inhabitants (carvinois) for the commune and 26,626 inhabitants for the canton.

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Commune: A commune or comune is a system of social and economic organization which involves the common ownership of resources and/or shared obligations. Within that framework, the word can have various meanings:...

France: The French Republic or France (: R?publique fran?aise or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents....

Pas-de-Calais: Pas-de-Calais is a d?partement in northern France named after the strait which it borders....