Fletre

Fletre
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	North
Arrondissement	Dunkerque
Canton	Bailleul
Community association	Flandre Intérieure
Coordinates	50 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 45 ′  N , 2 ° 39 ′  E
height	26-88 m
surface	8.98 km 2
Residents	972 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	108 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	59270
INSEE code	59237
Mairie Fletre

Flêtre ( West Flemish : Vletern or Vleeter ) is a municipality in French Flanders . It belongs there to the Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France and the Canton of Bailleul (2015 Bailleul-Sud-Ouest ) in Arrondissement of Dunkirk . It borders Eecke in the north-west, Godewaersvelde in the north , Méteren in the east and south-east , Strazeele in the south-west and Caëstre in the west .

The Route nationale 42 and the D933 departmental road lead via Flêtre.

Population development

year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2008	2013
Residents	650	660	623	662	709	742	848	979

Attractions

See also: List of Monuments historiques in Flêtre

• Hall church Saint-Mathieu , single-nave in the 14th century, enlarged in the 18th century by adding side aisles with their own roofs
• Military cemetery
• War memorial
• Oratory Notre Dame de la Consolation

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  Saint-Mathieu church

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  Military cemetery

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  Oratory Notre Dame de la Consolation

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  Location of Flêtre in the Arrondissement of Dunkerque and in the Canton of Bailleul

literature

• Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 178-180.

Web links

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