Lespesses

Lespesses
Lespesses
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Lespesses
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Dupont
Area1	3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	424
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62500 / 62190
Elevation	33–84 m (108–276 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Lespesses is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village, situated some 10 miles (16.1 km) northwest of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, on the D185 and D185e1, by the banks of the Nave River. The commune is separated into two parts by the A26 autoroute.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
375	381	337	340	415	401	424
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, dating from the sixteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Lespesses on the Quid website (French)