Lambres

Lambres
Lambres
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Lambres
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois Flandres
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)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	816	884	892	1013	1042	937	1038
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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Lambres on the Quid website (French)