Lacres

Lacres
Coat of arms
Lacres
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Lacres
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Boulogne-sur-Mer
Canton	Samer
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Samer et environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Malliard
Area1	8.23 km2 (3.18 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	213
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62483 / 62830
Elevation	75–193 m (246–633 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 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.

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

Geography

Lacres is situated about 12 miles (19 km) south east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1 Paris-Calais highway) with the D125 and D125e roads.

Population

Historical population of Lacres

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	197	211	194	193	190	161	167
From the year 1962 on: No 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 fifteenth century.
• A seventeenth century manorhouse and farmhouse.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Lacres on the Quid website (French)