Liettres

Liettres Liste
Commune
Château de Liettres
Coat of arms
Location of Liettres
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Coordinates: 50°35′47″N 2°20′35″E / 50.5964°N 2.3431°E / 50.5964; 2.3431
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Aire-sur-la-Lys
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Pierre Becuwe[1]
Area 1	3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	355
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62509 /62145
Elevation	32–91 m (105–299 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Liettres (French pronunciation: [ljɛtʁ]; West Flemish: Liste) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography[edit]

Liettres is situated some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Béthune and 32 miles (51 km) west of Lille, on the D186e2 and D186, bordered by the A26 autoroute.

Population[edit]

Places of interest[edit]

• The church of St. Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century.
• Remains of the fifteenth-century chateau, partly destroyed in 1542 by troops of the Duke de Vendôme.
• The seventeenth-century chateau.
• An ancient windmill.
• Sacré-Coeur chapel.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

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