A connector comprising a housing and a lever , wherein: the connector is mateable with and removable from a mating connector along a first direction (Z) by operation of the lever; the housing has an inner portion , an outer portion , at least one coupling portion , two pivots , a first portion and a second portion ; the outer portion is provided with at least one outer coupled portion ; in a second direction (Y) perpendicular to the first direction, the outer portion is positioned away from the inner portion while being positioned outward beyond such inner portion ; the housing has two lever accommodating portions each between the corresponding outer portion and the corresponding inner portion in the second direction (Y); each lever accommodating portion partially accommodates the lever; the pivots support the lever so that the lever is rotatable; the inner portion is provided with at least one inner coupled portion ; in the second direction (Y), each of the first portion and the second portion is positioned away from the outer portion while being positioned inward beyond such outer portion ; the at least one coupling portion couples the at least one outer coupled portion and the at least one inner coupled portion with each other; in the second direction, a bridge portion is positioned away from the outer portion while being positioned inward beyond such outer portion; the bridge portion is sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion in a plane perpendicular to the second direction; characterized in that each pivot is positioned inside the respective lever accommodating portion ; the at least one coupling portion has a bridge portion which is elastically deformable; the first portion is a through hole, and the second portion is a through hole, or the second portion is bottomed to have a thickness dimension smaller than a thickness dimension of the bridge portion. the connector is mateable with and removable from a mating connector along a first direction (Z) by operation of the lever; the housing has an inner portion , an outer portion , at least one coupling portion , two pivots , a first portion and a second portion ; the outer portion is provided with at least one outer coupled portion ; in a second direction (Y) perpendicular to the first direction, the outer portion is positioned away from the inner portion while being positioned outward beyond such inner portion ; the housing has two lever accommodating portions each between the corresponding outer portion and the corresponding inner portion in the second direction (Y); each lever accommodating portion partially accommodates the lever; the pivots support the lever so that the lever is rotatable; the inner portion is provided with at least one inner coupled portion ; in the second direction (Y), each of the first portion and the second portion is positioned away from the outer portion while being positioned inward beyond such outer portion ; the at least one coupling portion couples the at least one outer coupled portion and the at least one inner coupled portion with each other; in the second direction, a bridge portion is positioned away from the outer portion while being positioned inward beyond such outer portion; the bridge portion is sandwiched between the first portion and the second portion in a plane perpendicular to the second direction; characterized in that each pivot is positioned inside the respective lever accommodating portion ; the at least one coupling portion has a bridge portion which is elastically deformable; the first portion is a through hole, and the second portion is a through hole, or the second portion is bottomed to have a thickness dimension smaller than a thickness dimension of the bridge portion. <EOS>