Englos

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Coordinates: 50°37′33″N 2°57′27″E / 50.6258333333, 2.9575

Commune of Englos
Location
Englos (France)
Englos
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Lille
Canton Lomme
Intercommunality Lille Métropole
Mayor Henri Leturgie
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation m–m
(avg. 42 m)
Land area¹ 1,35 km²
Population²
(1999)		 507
 - Density 375/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 59195/ 59320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.
France

Englos is an arrondissement of the northern French city of Lille, which is the 4th largest city in France. Englos was formerly a village before being integrated into Lille. The cedex postal code is 59320. In 2004, the population of Englos was 614, [1] Englos is west of Lille and about 10 km from the Belgian-French border. Although now associated with Lille, the village is surrounded by undeveloped land. The built up area is not continuous with the centre of Lille.

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[edit] History

The name, Englos, is of uncertain origin but may have derives its name from the d'Englos family, which owned some of the land before the 15th century. Subsequently, it fell into the control of the Ghent (Belgium) government until around the time of the French Revolution. It had a church built by the Benedictine monk in the 16th century which was later owned by Jesuits. The church was designated a historic building in 1921.[2]

Later, the Duhamel family managed the largest farm in the village. The farm ceased production in 1969 when a commercial zone was established east of the village. Englos was a small agricultural village until the end of the 20th century. The development of the A25 highway contributed to its development as a residential community. [3]

Jacques Pastour is the current mayor of Englos. He became mayor in March, 2001.

[edit] Population

Growth in the population of Englos. [4]

[edit] Economy

The area is known for its Auchan hypermarket [5] and attached stores. There is an Opel car dealer across the road from the shopping centre. There is also a Novotel hotel in Englos.

[edit] Library

There is a small library with very limited hours in rue Paul Procureur. It is open Wednesdays from 11:30 am to 12:00 noon and on Saturdays from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. [6]

[edit] External links

  • Town website (in French) [[1]]
  • Picture of historic church, [2] then click to link to "l'eglise"
  • Map of Englos [[3]]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.englos.com/pages_histoire/index_histoire.html then click link to "population"
  2. ^ http://www.englos.com/pages_histoire/index_histoire.html reference in French
  3. ^ http://www.englos.com/pages_histoire/index_histoire.html reference in French
  4. ^ http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englos
  5. ^ http://www.auchan.fr, Retrouvez votre magasin and enter postal code 59320
  6. ^ http://www.englos.com/pages_vie/index_vie.html click biblioteque