Lumbres

Lumbres
Commune
Aa river, its banks shored up with heavy rubble

Coat of arms
Lumbres
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Lumbres
Coordinates: 50°42′21″N 2°07′18″E / 50.7058°N 2.1217°E / 50.7058; 2.1217Coordinates: 50°42′21″N 2°07′18″E / 50.7058°N 2.1217°E / 50.7058; 2.1217
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Saint-Omer
Canton Lumbres
Intercommunality Pays de Lumbres
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Pierre Decobert
Area1 9.9 km2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 3,892
 • Density 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62534 /62380
Elevation 35–133 m (115–436 ft)
(avg. 47 m or 154 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.

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

Geography

Lumbres is an industrial town built on former marshes at the crossroads of the valleys of the rivers Aa and Bléquin, some 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D342 and D225 road. The commune is now by-passed by the N42. The landscape is marred by the vast quarries and the huge chimney of the cement works.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
3207359938034107394438733892
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

History

Evidence of prehistoric occupation, at the place known as the Montagne de Lumbres has been discovered by.[1] Dr. Pontier and Canon Collet, of the abbey of Wisques, who were the first to study the prehistory of the area, including Arques, Elnes and Wavrans.
Because of its industrial importance, and proximity to fortified V2 sites, the commune suffered heavily from Allied bombing during World War II.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Sulpice, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • The fourteenth century Château d'Acquembronne.
  • Old watermills.

Notable people

Dr. Georges Pontier
Pontier's Mammoth reconstruction, once at Lumbres, now at the Natural history museum in Boulogne-sur-Mer

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ref CNRS/Inist


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