Colleret

Colleret
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Avesnes-sur-Helpe
Canton	Fourmies
Community association	Maubeuge Val de Sambre
Coordinates	50 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 5 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′  N , 4 ° 5 ′  E
height	138-214 m
surface	18.79 km 2
Residents	1,615 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	86 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59680
INSEE code	59151
Website	http://www.mairiecolleret.fr/

Colleret is a French commune with 1,615 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe and the canton of Fourmies (until 2015: canton of Maubeuge-Sud ).

geography

Colleret is about five kilometers east of Maubeuge on the border with Belgium . Colleret is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Recquignies in the north and northwest, Marpent in the north, Jeumont in the north and northeast, Erquelinnes (Belgium) in the east and northeast, Cousolre in the southeast, Aibes and Quiévelon in the south, Ferrière-la-Petite in the southwest and Cerfontaine in the West.

Population development

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2012
1,610	1,606	1,665	1,627	1,721	1,649	1,639	1,671
Sources: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

• 19th century Saint-Amand church
• Church in the village of Ostergnies

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  Saint-Amand church in the hamlet of Colleret

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  Church in Ostergnies

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 1229-1230.

Web links

Commons : Colleret  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Monuments historiques (objects) in Colleret in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture