Landrecies
Landrecies
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Country
CC Pays de Mormal
• Mayor (2020–2026)
François Erlem[1]
21.70 km2 (8.38 sq mi)
3,435
• Density
160/km2 (410/sq mi)
Landreciens
• Summer (DST)
INSEE/Postal code
Elevation
110–179 m (361–587 ft)
(avg. 130 m or 430 ft)
Website
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Landrecies (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃dʁəsi]; Dutch: Landeschie) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3]
In 1543, Landrecies was besieged by English and Imperial forces, who were repulsed by the French defenders. In 1794, it was besiegedbyDutch forces, who captured it. It was the site of a skirmish between the British I Corps under Douglas Haig and the German First Army on 25 August 1914, that resulted in the death of Archer Windsor-Clive, the first first-class cricketer to fall in World War I.
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±% p.a.
1968
4,720
—
1975
4,451
−0.83%
1982
4,146
−1.01%
1990
3,941
−0.63%
1999
3,858
−0.24%
2007
3,663
−0.65%
2012
3,516
−0.82%
2017
3,483
−0.19%
Source: INSEE[4]
The arms of Landrecies are blazoned :
Azure, a triple towered castle open Or, on a base 3 medals on the colours of their respective ribbons 1: Croix de Guerre 1914-1918; 2: a Légion d'honneur; and 3: a Croix de Guerre 1939-1945
International
National
