Blessy, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Blessy
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Norrent-Fontes
insee=62141
cp=62120
maire=Yves Dehaeze
mandat= 2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois Flandres
longitude=2.33305555556
latitude=50.6155555556
alt moy=29 m
alt mini=21 m
alt maxi=98 m
hectares=539
km²=5,39
sans=631
date-sans=1999
dens=117|

Blessy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village some convert|14|mi|km|1 northwest of Béthune and convert|32|mi|km|1 west of Lille, at the junction of the D159 and D189 roads, with the A26 autoroute passing by less than half a mile away.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Omer, dating from the 15th century.
* The remains of the chateau of Blessel.
* A limestone quarry.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26638&req=Blessy Blessy on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 11th 2008."