Lespesses

Lespesses
Location of Lespesses
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Auchel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Dupont
Area 1	3.09 km2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	424
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Lespesses is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France 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 Template:Fr