Angres

Angres
Coat of arms
Angres
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Angres
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Liévin-Sud
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maryse Roger-Coupin
Area1	4.82 km2 (1.86 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	3,982
• Density	830/km2 (2,100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62032 / 62143
Elevation	49–106 m (161–348 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 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.

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

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb situated just3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just within the borders of the commune.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,993	—
1968	4,384	+9.8%
1975	4,538	+3.5%
1982	4,239	−6.6%
1990	4,394	+3.7%
1999	4,469	+1.7%
2005	4,508	+0.9%
2009	3,982	−11.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Cyr, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The war memorials.

International relations

Angres is twinned with: Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Town council website (in French)
• Angres on the Quid website (French)
• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)