Lambres

Lambres
Commune
The town hall of Lambres

Coat of arms
Lambres
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Lambres
Coordinates: 50°37′03″N 2°23′51″E / 50.6175°N 2.3975°E / 50.6175; 2.3975Coordinates: 50°37′03″N 2°23′51″E / 50.6175°N 2.3975°E / 50.6175; 2.3975
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 (2008–2014) Serge Tirloir
Area1 4.37 km2 (1.69 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,038
 • Density 240/km2 (620/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62486 /62120
Elevation 18–49 m (59–161 ft)
(avg. 25 m or 82 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.

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

Geography

A farming village, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northwest of Béthune and 30 miles (48.3 km) west of Lille at the junction of the D90 and the N43.

Population

Historical population of Lambres
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population816884892101310429371038
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

  • An eighteenth-century farmhouse.
  • The church of St. Lambert, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

References


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