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Sailly sur la Lys

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Country
  
Department
  
Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
3,981 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Region
  
Canton
  
Laventie

Area
  
9.7 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 9:24 AM

Sailly-sur-la-Lys

Intercommunality
  
Monts de Flandre–Plaine de la Lys

Weather
  
8°C, Wind S at 5 km/h, 77% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Sailly-sur-la-Lys, 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.

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 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.

    References

    Sailly-sur-la-Lys Wikipedia


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