Lillers

Commune

The town hall of Lillers

Coat of arms

Lillers

Location within Hauts-de-France region

Lillers

Coordinates: 50°33′52″N 2°28′59″E / 50.5644°N 2.4831°ECoordinates: 50°33′52″N 2°28′59″E / 50.5644°N 2.4831°E

Country

Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Government

• Mayor (2014–2020)

Pascal Barois

Area¹

26.9 km² (10.4 sq mi)

Population (2010)²

10,050

• Density

370/km² (970/sq mi)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

• Summer (DST)

CEST (UTC+2)

INSEE/Postal code

62516 /62190

Elevation

18–88 m (59–289 ft)
(avg. 29 m or 95 ft)

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

²Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

A small farming and light industrial town situated some 15 km northwest of Béthune and 40 km west of Lille, at the junction of the D185, D182 and the D69 roads. The town is bypassed by the N43 to the north and the A26 autoroute to the south.

The river Clarence flows through the town.

After being owned by the Counts of Flanders, Lillers, which had been fortified against the Normans was given as a dowry in 1179 to King Philip II Augustus of France. In 1327, Artois was created a county by Louis IX. His brother Robert became the first Count. In 1303, the city of Lillers was looted by the Flemings. In 1340, King Edward III of England claimed the throne of France and started the Hundred Years War, marked by two famous battles, that of Crécy 1346 and that of Battle of Agincourt, 1415, where Robert Wavrin, Lord of Lillers, met his death. In 1542, during the war against Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, French troops burned Lillers. The population were still living in tents or huts three years later.

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