Lacres
Encyclopedia
Lacres is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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Paris-Calais highway) with the D125 and D125e roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Lacres is situated about 12 miles (19.3 km) south east of Boulogne, at the junction of the D901 (formerly the N1Route nationale 1
The Route nationale 1 is a trunk road in France between Paris and Calais.-Reclassification:The majority of the original road has been superseded by the A16 autoroute...
Paris-Calais highway) with the D125 and D125e roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
- A seventeenth century manorhouse and farmhouseFarmhouseFarmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. Many farm houses are shaped like a T...
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