Flers, Pas-de-Calais

Flers
Coat of arms
Flers
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Flers
Coordinates: 50°19′17″N 2°15′15″E / 50.3214°N 2.2542°ECoordinates: 50°19′17″N 2°15′15″E / 50.3214°N 2.2542°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Henri Lacaille
Area^1	5.5 km^2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	200
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62337 / 62270
Elevation	78–143 m (256–469 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Flers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 25 miles (40.2 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D109, D103 and D102 roads.

Population

Historical population of Flers, Pas-de-Calais

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	237	250	228	227	221	200
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

• The church of St.Eloi, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau and park.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Flers on the Quid website (French)