Laires

Laires
Laren
The road into Laires
Location of Laires
Laires
Laires
Coordinates: 50°32′28″N 2°15′23″E / 50.5411°N 2.2564°E / 50.5411; 2.2564
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementSaint-Omer
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityPays de Saint-Omer
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Eric Lagache[1]
Area
1
8.64 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)[2]
368
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62485 /62960
Elevation140–190 m (460–620 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Laires (French pronunciation: [lɛʁ]; West Flemish: Laren) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 24 km (15 mi) south of Saint-Omer. It is surrounded by the communes Beaumetz-lès-Aire, Prédefin and Fléchin.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 347—    
1975 302−1.96%
1982 314+0.56%
1990 337+0.89%
1999 297−1.39%
2007 308+0.46%
2012 359+3.11%
2017 364+0.28%
2020 369+0.46%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
  3. ^ INSEE commune file
  4. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE