Lambres-lez-Douai
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | North | |
| Arrondissement | Douai | |
| Canton | Douai | |
| Community association | Douaisis | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 21 ′ N , 3 ° 4 ′ E | |
| height | 23-42 m | |
| surface | 8.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,125 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 582 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 59552 | |
| INSEE code | 59329 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-lambreslezdouai.fr/ | |
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Lambres-lez-Douai is a northern French municipality with 5125 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Nord , Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais and belongs to Arrondissement Douai and Canton Douai . The inhabitants are called Lambrésiens .
geography
Lambres-lez-Douai is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Douai in the north and northeast, Sin-le-Noble in the east, Férin in the southeast, Corbehem and Courchelettes in the south, Brebières in the southwest and Cuincy in the northwest. The Scarpe , a tributary of the Scheldt, flows through the municipality .
The Douai-Brayelle airfield protrudes into the municipality.
Population development
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | |
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| 4,461 | 5,159 | 5,509 | 5,087 | 5,043 | 4,911 | 5,175 | 5,065 | |
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Attractions
- Saint-Sarre church, rebuilt in 1960
Personalities
- Sigibert I (535–575), Merovingian king , was first buried in Lambres after his murder in Vitry-en-Artois .
literature
- Le Patrimoine des Communes du Nord. Flohic Editions, Volume 1, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-119-8 , pp. 694-696.
Web links
Commons : Lambres-lez-Douai - Collection of images, videos and audio files
