Sailly-sur-la-Lys

Sailly-sur-la-Lys

French commune
name= Sailly-sur-la-Lys
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Laventie
insee=62736
cp=62840
maire=Annie Van Cortenbosch
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm= Communauté de communes Monts de Flandre - Plaine de la Lys
longitude=2.77083333333
latitude=50.6583333333
alt moy=17 m
alt mini=13 m
alt maxi=19 m
hectares=970
km²=9,7
sans=4046
date-sans=2005
dens=414|

Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A large farming and light industrial village situated some convert|3|mi|km|1 southeast of Béthune and convert|24|mi|km|1 southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D945 and D66 roads. The Lys River forms much of the western and northern boundary of the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Vaast, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* The 16th century prévoté. en|provost’s house.The prévôté is a fortified building located by the parish cemetery, near the Lys. It includes the remains of the prison and the courts of justice. A chapel dedicated to the Virgin complements the construction. The gateway, which was destroyed in the sixteenth century and rebuilt in 1612, is defended by two towers with mullioned windows. Before the French Revolution, it was the provost himself that represented the abbot (of Saint-Vaast) in all matters civil and judicial.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://ville.sailly.free.fr/index.html Official commune website]
* [http://www.centresocioculturelsailly.com Official website of Sailly sur la Lys' social club]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=18801&mode=1 The CWGC Canadian cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=18800&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the churchyard]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27220&req=Sailly-sur-la-Lys Sailly-sur-la-Lys on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 29th 2008."


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