Lacres

Lacres
Lacres
	Commune
	The church of Lacres
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Lacres Location within Hauts-de-France region Lacres
	Coordinates: 50°35′43″N 1°45′07″E / 50.5953°N 1.7519°ECoordinates: 50°35′43″N 1°45′07″E / 50.5953°N 1.7519°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Desvres
Intercommunality	CC Desvres-Samer
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Malliard
Area1	8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	213
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62483 /62830
Elevation	75–193 m (246–633 ft) ; (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Geography

Lacres is situated about 12 miles (19 km) south east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) with the D125 and D125e roads.

Population

Historical population of Lacres
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	197	211	194	193	190	161	167
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of St. Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
A seventeenth century manorhouse and farmhouse.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Lacres on the Quid website (in French)

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