Lillers
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Bethune | |
| Canton | Lillers (main town) | |
| Community association | Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys novels | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 34 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 18-88 m | |
| surface | 26.90 km 2 | |
| Residents | 9,931 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 369 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62190 | |
| INSEE code | 62516 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-lillers.fr/ | |
 Lillers, center with town hall |
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Lillers ( Dutch Lillaar ) is a French municipality with 9931 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France ; it belongs to the arrondissement of Béthune and the canton of Lillers .
history
The story of the place begins - according to tradition - around the year 700 with two Irish nobles, Lugle and Luglien, on pilgrimage to Rome. They were on their way from Boulogne-sur-Mer to Thérouanne when they were ambushed and killed by muggers near Ferfay . The bodies are said to have been washed away by a thunderstorm to Hurionville , near a castle of the Bishop of Thérouanne , who was buried on a hill in the marshland nearby. The chapel, which was also built, became the nucleus of the Lillers community, which later formed around a castle and behind city walls.
Lillers was owned by the Counts of Flanders and came to France for the first time in 1180 with the Artois . In 1303 Lillers was burned down by the Flemings and in 1542 by the French. Only two or three houses of the town remained, and in 1545 the inhabitants lived in tents or huts. In the following decades the place was repeatedly taken by the parties in the wars between France and the Spanish Netherlands. Only the Peace of Utrecht in 1713 put an end to the mutual conquests.
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| year | 1800 | 1851 | 1901 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2011 |
| Residents | 4,109 | 5,422 | 7,747 | 8,557 | 8,629 | 9,158 | 9,421 | 9,509 | 9,666 | 9,775 | 10,053 |
Attractions
Some historical monuments in the city deserve attention:
- Chapelle de la Miséricorde from the 17th century
- Church Saint-Omer , originally from the 12th century
- Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix parish church from 1957
- House no.44 place Roger-Salengro / no.2 rue de Relingue from 1703
- House number 2 rue du Maréchal-de-Lattre-de-Tassigny from 1631, called de l'Argentier
Town twinning
Lillers has been related to Marsberg in North Rhine-Westphalia since 1967 .
Personalities
- Albert-Louis de Fouler (1770–1831), general of the cavalry
- Henri Leconte (* 1963) tennis player
Web links
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- ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
- ↑ Monuments historiques - Lillers
- ^ Website of Lillers - Jumelage