Liettres

French commune
name= Liettres
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Norrent-Fontes
insee=62509
cp=62145
maire=Marcel Pruvost
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois Flandres
longitude=2.34305555556
latitude=50.5963888889
alt moy=50 m
alt mini=32 m
alt maxi=91 m
hectares=307
km²=3,07
sans=239
date-sans=1999
dens=77|

Liettres 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|12|mi|km|1 northwest of Béthune and convert|32|mi|km|1 west of Lille, on the D186e2 and D186, bordered by the A26 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Pierre, dating from the 16th century.
* Remains of the 15th century chateau, partly destroyed in 1542 by troops of the Duke de Vendome.
* The 17th century chateau.
* An ancient windmill.
* Sacré-Coeur chapel.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26999&req=Liettres Liettres on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 25th 2008."