Saint-Floris

French commune
name= Saint-Floris
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Lillers
insee=62747
cp=62350
maire=Guy Bouvart
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.57055555556
latitude=50.6277777778
alt moy=18 m
alt mini=14 m
alt maxi=18 m
hectares=405
km²=4,05
sans=440
date-sans=2004
dens=110

Saint-Floris 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|9|mi|km|1 north of Béthune and convert|30|mi|km|1 west of Lille, on the D186 road. The canalized River Lys flows through the commune, forming part of the border with the department of Nord.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Florent, rebuilt, along with much of the village, after the First World War.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://saint.floris.free.fr/ Unofficial website of the village] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027521&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the churchyard]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27230&req=Saint-Floris Saint-Floris on the Quid website] fr

Notes

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