Lestrem, Pas-de-Calais Département, Hauts-de-France, France
🇫🇷 Lestrem is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography A small farming and light industrial town, situated some 8 miles (13 km) north of Béthune and 19 miles (31 km) west of Lille, on the D122, D178 and D975 roads, by the banks of the Lawe River.
History The town was all but destroyed during the First World War. In 1940, the small hamlet of Le Paradis, on the south side of the commune, was the scene of a massacre of British troops of the BEF, during the Battle of France.
Places of interest • The church of St. Amé, dating from the sixteenth century. • Two other churches at the hamlets of La Fosse and Le Paradis. • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
Arras, Pas-de-Calais
Lestrem has a population of over 5,104 people. Lestrem also forms part of the wider Béthune Arrondissement which has a population of over 368,633 people. It is also a part of the larger Pas-de-Calais Département. Lestrem is situated 13 km north of Béthune.
Twin Towns, Sister Cities Lestrem has links with:
🇩🇪 Menden, Germany 🏴 Swanland, England🇫🇷 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 50.623
🇩🇪 Lauterbach 50.633
🇨🇿 Ústí nad Labem 50.65
🇩🇪 Euskirchen 50.66
🇺🇦 Novohrad-Volynskyi 50.59
Locations Near: Lestrem 2.6858,50.6231
🇫🇷 Béthune 2.639,50.529 d: 10.9
🇫🇷 Liévin 2.779,50.423 d: 23.2
🇧🇪 Diksmuide 2.85,51.033 d: 47
🇫🇷 Saint-Omer 2.261,50.75 d: 33.1
🇫🇷 Villeneuve-d'Ascq 3.145,50.623 d: 32.4
Antipodal to: Lestrem -177.314,-50.623
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🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 15930.1
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 15893.5
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 15589.6
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 11894.9
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 11822.1
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 11810.3
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 11804.7