Lières

Lières
Coat of arms of Lières Coat of arms
Lières
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Lières
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Crétel
Area1	3.24 km2 (1.25 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	348
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62508 / 62190
Elevation	41–93 m (135–305 ft) (avg. 85 m or 279 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.

Lières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Lières is situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northwest of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, on the D185 and D91, by the banks of the Nave River.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
527	537	443	351	299	279	348
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Adrien, dating from the fifteenth century.
• A farmhouse dating from the seventeenth century, all that remains of the ancient chateau.
• The feudal motte, with a deep moat.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Lières on the Quid website (French)