Chelers

Chelers
Chelers
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Chelers
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
Mayor	Raymond Wacheux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	126–158 m (413–518 ft) (avg. 148 m/486 ft)
Land area1	8.04 km2 (3.10 sq mi)
Population2	258  (1999)
- Density	32 /km2 (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62221/ 62127
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.

Coordinates: 50°22′35″N 2°29′10″E / 50.3763888889°N 2.48611111111°E / 50.3763888889; 2.48611111111

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

Geography

A farming village located 13 miles (22 km) west-northwest of Arras at the junction of the D77 with the D72 road.

Population

Historical population of Chelers

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
282	301	284	286	260	258
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• An eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves
• Chelers on the Quid website (French)