Angres

Angres
Commune
The church of Angres

Coat of arms
Angres
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Angres
Coordinates: 50°24′35″N 2°45′33″E / 50.4097°N 2.7592°E / 50.4097; 2.7592Coordinates: 50°24′35″N 2°45′33″E / 50.4097°N 2.7592°E / 50.4097; 2.7592
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Lens
Canton Bully-les-Mines
Intercommunality CA Lens-Liévin
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Maryse Coupin-Roger
Area1 4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 4,202
 • Density 870/km2 (2,300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62032 /62143
Elevation 49–106 m (161–348 ft)
(avg. 54 m or 177 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Angres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb situated just 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just within the borders of the commune.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19623,993—    
19684,384+9.8%
19754,538+3.5%
19824,239−6.6%
19904,394+3.7%
19994,469+1.7%
20054,508+0.9%
20093,982−11.7%
20144,202+5.5%

Sights

  • The church of St. Cyr, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
  • The war memorials.

International relations

Angres is twinned with: Scotland Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland.

See also

References


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