Sailly-sur-la-Lys

Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Sailly-sur-la-Lys
	Commune
	The church of Sailly-sur-la-Lys
	Coat of arms
	Location of Sailly-sur-la-Lys
	Sailly-sur-la-Lys Sailly-sur-la-Lys
	Coordinates: 50°39′30″N 2°46′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Beuvry
Intercommunality	Monts de Flandre–Plaine de la Lys
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Thorez[1]
Area 1	9.7 km2 (3.7 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[2]	3,982
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62736 /62840
Elevation	13–19 m (43–62 ft) ; (avg. 17 m or 56 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a large farming and light industrial village situated some 9 miles (14.5 km) northeast of Béthune and 12 miles (19.3 km) west northwest 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.[3]

Population

Historical population of Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1789	1924	2049	2919	3889	3981	4108
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

Prévôté of Sailly-sur-la-Lys

The church of St. Vaast, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
The sixteenth century Prévôté. English: 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 that represented the abbot of Saint-Vaast in all matters civil and judicial.

Sailly-sur-la-Lys is twinned with Carnforth, England.

References

INSEE commune file

"Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"Sailly-sur-la-Lys". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 20 July 2016.

External links

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[2] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[3] "Sailly-sur-la-Lys". OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 20 July 2016.