Lestrem
De Stroom | |
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Coordinates: 50°37′23″N 2°41′09″E / 50.6231°N 2.6858°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Béthune |
Canton | Lillers |
Intercommunality | Flandre Lys |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jacques Hurlus [1] |
Area 1 | 21.15 km2 (8.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)
[2] | 5,073 |
• Density | 240/km2 (620/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 ( CET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC+02:00 ( CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code |
62502 /62136 |
Elevation | 13–20 m (43–66 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. |
Lestrem (French pronunciation: [letʁɛm]; Dutch: De Stroom; Picard: Létrin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. [3]
A small farming and light industrial town, situated some 8 miles (13 km) north of Béthune and 19 miles (31 km) west of Lille, on the D122, D178 and D975 roads, by the banks of the Lawe River.
The town was all but destroyed during the
First World War.
In 1940, the small hamlet of
Le Paradis, on the south side of the commune, was the scene of a
massacre of British troops of the
BEF, during the
Battle of France. The town is twinned with
Swanland in the
East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 2,662 | — |
1975 | 2,727 | +0.35% |
1982 | 3,044 | +1.58% |
1990 | 3,753 | +2.65% |
1999 | 3,789 | +0.11% |
2007 | 3,943 | +0.50% |
2012 | 4,329 | +1.89% |
2017 | 4,532 | +0.92% |
Source: INSEE [4] |