Liettres

Liettres

Liste
Liettres Liste
Commune
	Château de Liettres
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°35′47″N 2°20′35″E / 50.5964°N 2.3431°ECoordinates: 50°35′47″N 2°20′35″E / 50.5964°N 2.3431°E
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
Area 1	3.07 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	331
• Density	110/km2 (280/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 (West Flemish: Liste) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Liettres is situated some 12 miles (19.3 km) northwest of Béthune and 32 miles (51.5 km) west of Lille, on the D186e2 and D186, bordered by the A26 autoroute.

Population[]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	226	—
1975	229	+0.19%
1982	241	+0.73%
1990	224	−0.91%
1999	239	+0.72%
2007	291	+2.49%
2012	296	+0.34%
2017	327	+2.01%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest[]

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.