Liettres
Appearance
Liettres
Liste | |
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Château de Liettres | |
Coordinates: 50°35′47″N 2°20′35″E / 50.5964°N 2.3431°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Béthune |
Canton | Aire-sur-la-Lys |
Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Government | |
• Mayor (2021–2026) | Pierre Becuwe[1] |
Area 1 | 3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 355 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62509 /62145 |
Elevation | 32–91 m (105–299 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Liettres (French pronunciation: [ljɛtʁ]; West Flemish: Liste) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Liettres is situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Béthune and 32 miles (51 km) west of Lille, on the D186e2 and D186, bordered by the A26 autoroute.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 226 | — |
1975 | 229 | +0.19% |
1982 | 241 | +0.73% |
1990 | 224 | −0.91% |
1999 | 239 | +0.72% |
2007 | 291 | +2.49% |
2012 | 296 | +0.34% |
2017 | 327 | +2.01% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
- Remains of the fifteenth-century chateau, partly destroyed in 1542 by troops of the Duke de Vendôme.
- The seventeenth-century chateau.
- An ancient windmill.
- Sacré-Coeur chapel.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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