Angres

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Angres

|commune status = Commune

|image = Angres01.JPG

|caption = The church of Angres

|image coat of arms = Blason Angres.svg

|arrondissement = Lens

|canton = Bully-les-Mines

|INSEE = 62032

|postal code = 62143

|mayor = Anouck Breton{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=6 June 2023|language=fr}}

|term = 2023–2026

|intercommunality = Communaupole de Lens-Liévin

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4097|2.7592|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 54

|elevation min m = 49

|elevation max m = 106

|area km2 = 4.82

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Angres ({{IPA|fr|ɑ̃ɡʁ}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62032-angres INSEE commune file]

Geography

A farming and light industrial suburb situated just {{convert|3|mi|km}} southwest of Lens centre, at the junction of the D51 and D58e roads. The A26 autoroute passes by, just within the borders of the commune.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62032#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |4384

|1975 |4538

|1982 |4239

|1990 |4394

|1999 |4469

|2007 |4054

|2012 |4067

|2017 |4526

}}

Sights

  • The church of St. Cyr, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
  • The war memorials.

International relations

Angres is twinned with:

{{Flagicon|SCO}} Danderhall, Midlothian, Scotland.

See also

References

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