Liessies
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy |
| Department | Nord |
| Arrondissement | Avesnes-sur-Helpe |
| Canton | Solre-le-Château |
| Intercommunality | vallées de la Solre, de la Thure et de l'Helpe |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Alain Richard |
| Area1 | 17.6 km2 (6.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1999)2 | 501 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (74/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59347 / 59740 |
| Elevation | 157–234 m (515–768 ft) (avg. 182 m or 597 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. | |
Liessies is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
It is known for Liessies Abbey, of which the abbey church and the park have been preserved.
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The arms of Liessies are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.) |
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