Calonne-sur-la-Lys

French commune
name= Calonne-sur-la-Lys
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Lillers
insee=62195
cp=62350
maire=Gilles Mouquet
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.6175
latitude=50.6233333333
alt moy=18 m
alt mini=13 m
alt maxi=19 m
hectares=1 100
km²=11
sans=1 508
date-sans=1999
dens=137|

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

Geography

A farming village some convert|7|mi|km|1 north of Béthune and convert|22|mi|km|1 west of Lille, at the junction of the D180, D186 and the D69 roads, by the banks of the Lys River, the border with the department of Nord.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Omer, dating from the 20th century.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

People with links to the commune

* Robert Gaguin, humanist, was born here in 1433.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=60208&mode=1 The CWGC graves at Calonne communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26691&req=Calonne-sur-la-Lys Calonne-sur-la-Lys on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 12th 2008."