Lespesses

French commune
name= Lespesses
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Auchel
insee=62500
cp=62190
maire= Roger Dupont
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.425
latitude=50.5633333333
alt moy=40 m
alt mini=33 m
alt maxi=84 m
hectares=309
km²=3,09
sans=401
date-sans=1999
dens=129|

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

Geography

A small farming village, situated some convert|10|mi|km|1 northwest of Béthune and convert|33|mi|km|1 west of Lille, on the D185 and D185e1, by the banks of the Nave River. The commune is separated into two parts by the A26 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Martin, dating from the 16th century.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26989&req=Lespesses Lespesses on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 24th 2008."