Flers, Pas-de-Calais

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Flers

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Flers
Coordinates: 50°19′17″N 2°15′15″E / 50.3214°N 2.2542°E / 50.3214; 2.2542Coordinates: 50°19′17″N 2°15′15″E / 50.3214°N 2.2542°E / 50.3214; 2.2542
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Henri Lacaille
Area
  Land1 5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)
  Population2 200
  Population2 Density 36/km2 (94/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62337 / 62270
Elevation 78–143 m (256–469 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated 25 miles (40.2 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D109, D103 and D102 roads.

Population

Historical population of Flers, Pas-de-Calais
Year196219681975198219901999
Population237250228227221200
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Eloi, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau and park.

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