Liettres
Liettres
Liste | |
|---|---|
 Château de Liettres | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Liettres  | |
  Liettres  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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