Agnières (Pas-de-Calais)

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Agnieres
Agnières coat of arms
Agnières (France)
Agnieres
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Avesnes-le-Comte
Community association Campagnes de l'Artois
Coordinates 50 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 21 ′  N , 2 ° 36 ′  E
height 87-131 m
surface 3.25 km 2
Residents 249 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 77 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62690
INSEE code

Agnières is a French municipality with 249 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais ).

geography

Agnières is located at an average altitude of 90 meters above sea ​​level 45 kilometers southwest of Lille , the capital of the region, and 15 kilometers northwest of Arras , the prefecture of the department. The village is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Capelle-Fermont , Villers-Châtel and Aubigny-en-Artois . The Scarpe flows south of the town center through the municipality. The municipality has an area of ​​3.25 square kilometers.

history

The name Agnières comes from the Latin word asinus (donkey) or asinaria (place where donkeys are bred). In 1242 it was mentioned in a document as Anier , 1272 as Anyer and 1429 as Anhiers .

In 1793 Agnières was still called Agnieres, it received its è and the right to local self-government in the course of the French Revolution in 1801.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2016
Residents 158 153 170 174 185 150 205 247
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Culture and sights

Saint-Léger church in Agnières (2007)

The Saint-Léger church has a bell tower that was built in the 12th century. The nave was built in 1544 and the choir (architecture) in the 18th century.

economy

A main line of business is agriculture, especially mixed culture and the breeding of domestic cattle , domestic pigs and domestic sheep .

Individual evidence

  1. Le village de Agnières. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved September 14, 2011 (French).
  2. Auguste Longnon: Les noms de lieu de la France: leur origine, leur signification, leurs transformations . Ayer Publishing, 1973, ISBN 978-0-8337-2142-6 , pp. 156 ( in Google Books ). (French)
  3. Agnières on the website of the Communauté de Communes de l'Atrébatie ( Memento of the original of May 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cc-atrebatie.fr
  4. Agnières on cassini.ehess.fr (French)
  5. Page no longer available , search in web archives: Agnières on quid.fr  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (French) Retrieved February 2010@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.quid.fr@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.quid.fr  

Web links

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