Calonne-sur-la-Lys

Calonne-sur-la-Lys
Coat of arms
Calonne-sur-la-Lys
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Calonne-sur-la-Lys
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gilles Mouquet
Area1	11 km2 (4 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,508
• Density	140/km2 (360/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62195 / 62350
Elevation	13–19 m (43–62 ft) (avg. 18 m or 59 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.

Calonne-sur-la-Lys is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village some 7 miles (11.3 km) north of Béthune and 22 miles (35.4 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D180, D186 and the D69 roads, by the banks of the Lys River, the border with the department of Nord.

Population

Historical population of Calonne-sur-la-Lys

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1214	1193	1134	1366	1493	1508
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Omer, dating from the twentieth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

Notable people

• Robert Gaguin, humanist, was born here in 1433.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves at Calonne communal cemetery
• Calonne-sur-la-Lys on the Quid website (French)