Essars

Essars
Coat of arms
Essars
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Essars
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Béthune-Est
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Malbranque
Area1	3.72 km2 (1.44 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,732
• Density	470/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62310 / 62400
Elevation	18–23 m (59–75 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 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.

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

Geography

A farming and boat building village suburb to the northeast of Béthune and 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D171 and the D945 roads. The Canal d’Aire and the Lawe River separate the commune from Bethune.

Population

Historical population of Essars

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	901	1175	1151	1683	1919	1732
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.Jacques, dating from the twentieth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Essars on the Quid website (French)