Lumbres

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Coordinates: 50°42′21″N 2°07′18″E / 50.7058333333, 2.12166666667

Administration
Commune of Lumbres
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Saint-Omer
Canton	Lumbres
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays de Lumbres
Mayor	Jean-Pierre Decobert (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	35 m–133 m (avg. 47 m)
Land area^¹	9,9 km²
Population^² (1999)	3873
- Density	391/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62534/ 62380
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.

Lumbres is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 History
4 Places of interest
5 People linked with the commune
6 See also
7 External links
8 Notes

[edit] Geography

The Aa river, its banks shored up with heavy rubble

An industrial town built on former marshes at the crossroads of the valleys of the rivers Aa and Bléquin, some 6 miles (10km) southwest of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D342 and D225 road. The commune is now by-passed by the N42. The landscape is marred by the vast quarries and the huge chimney of the cement works.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3207	3599	3803	4107	3944	3873
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

Evidence of prehistoric occupation, at the place known as the Montagne de Lumbres has been discovered by ^[1]. Dr. Pontier and Canon Collet, of the abbey of Wisques, who were the first to study the prehistory of the area, including Arques, Elnes and Wavrans.
Because of its industrial importance, and proximity to fortified V2 sites, the commune suffered heavily from Allied bombing during World War II.