Flers-en-Escrebieux
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Douai | |
| Canton | Douai | |
| Community association | Douaisis | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 ' N , 3 ° 4' E | |
| height | 18-43 m | |
| surface | 7.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,856 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 824 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59128 | |
| INSEE code | 59234 | |
| Website | https://www.flers-en-escrebieux.fr/ | |
.JPG) Sainte-Barbe church in Flers-en-Escrebieux |
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Flers-en-Escrebieux (NDL .: "Laar") is a French municipality with 5856 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord in the region of Hauts-de-France . Flers-en-Escrebieux belongs to the arrondissement of Douai and the canton of Douai . The inhabitants are called Flersois .
The community consists of the districts of Flers , Pont de la Deule and Villers .
geography
Flers-en-Escrebieux is located in the northern French coal mining area on the rivers Escrebieux and Deûle , which was canalized here for shipping and belongs to the major shipping route Dunkirk-Scheldt . Flers-en-Escrebieux is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Auby in the north, Roost-Warendin in the east, Douai in the south-east, Cuincy in the south, Lauwin-Planque in the south-west, Esquerchin in the west and Courcelles-lès-Lens in the north-west.
The A21 autoroute runs through the municipality .
history
Flers appears as a place name for the first time in the 10th century. The suffix -en-Escrebieux wasn't added until the 20th century. Coal mining began in the 18th century. It was promoted here in particular by the Compagnie des mines de l'Escarpelle .
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2016 | |
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| 6.132 | 6,675 | 6,431 | 5,491 | 5,344 | 5,540 | 5,366 | 5,876 | |
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Attractions
- Sainte-Barbe church
- Priorat de Flers ( Flersium ), founded in 1132 as a spin-off of the Abbey of Saint-Vincent in Senlis
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 683-684.
Web links
- Monuments historiques (objects) in Flers-en-Escrebieux in the base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture
Individual evidence
- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969