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Sailly-sur-la-Lys
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Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a commune in France, situated in the Pas-de-Calais department within the Hauts-de-France region. It lies in the arrondissement of Béthune and the canton of Laventie, while also being associated with the canton of Beuvry. The commune shares borders with Steenwerck, Laventie, Erquinghem-Lys, and Estaires. Its official name is Sailly-sur-la-Lys, and it is named after the Lys.
The area of the commune is 9.7 square kilometers, with an elevation above sea level of 19 meters. The population is recorded as 4,086, comprising 1,940 males and 2,042 females. The postal code for the area is 62840. Sailly-sur-la-Lys has received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sailly-sur-la-Lys is referenced by 907 other articles, and connects out to France, England and World War I.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of the Pas-de-Calais.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Sailly-sur-la-Lys
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,004
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Sailly-sur-la-Lys
- French commune.native name
- Zelleken
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Eglise de Bac-Saint-Maur à Sailly-sur-la-Lys - 2.JPG
- French commune.caption
- The church of Sailly-sur-la-Lys
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Sailly-sur-la-Lys.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Béthune
- French commune.canton
- Beuvry
- French commune.INSEE
- 62736
- French commune.postal code
- 62840
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Claude Thorez
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC Flandre Lys
- French commune.elevation m
- 17
- French commune.elevation min m
- 13
- French commune.elevation max m
- 19
- French commune.area km2
- 9.7
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Named after
- Lys
- Official name
- Sailly-sur-la-Lys
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Béthune
- Population
- 3981
- Area
- 9.7
- Elevation
- 17
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Fleurbaix
- Official website
- www.sailly.info
- Image
- Filature Safilin du Bac-Saint-Maur (Sailly-sur-la-Lys 2).jpg
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- Commons category
- Sailly-sur-la-Lys
- postal code
- 62840
- associated electoral district
- canton of Beuvry
- male population
- 1940
- female population
- 2042
- P8168
- gay male speech
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-27-64-05
- fax number
- +33-3-21-27-64-27
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Geography
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Sailly-sur-la-Lys (, literally Sailly on the 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 northeast of Béthune and west northwest of Lille, at the junction of the D945 and D66 roads. The river Lys forms much of the western and northern boundary of the commune.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sailly-sur-la-Lys” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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