Lières

Lières
Coat of arms
Lières
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Lières
Coordinates: 50°33′16″N 2°25′09″E / 50.5544°N 2.4192°E / 50.5544; 2.4192Coordinates: 50°33′16″N 2°25′09″E / 50.5544°N 2.4192°E / 50.5544; 2.4192
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
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)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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 Hauts-de-France 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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lières.

• Lières on the Quid website (French)