Lillers

Lillers is a commune with 10,053 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Pas -de- Calais, in the Nord -Pas -de- Calais; it belongs to the arrondissement Béthune and Canton Lillers.

History

Its history begins - according to tradition - around the year 700 with two Irish noblemen, Lugle and Luglien, on a pilgrimage to Rome. They were on their way from Boulogne -sur- Mer to Therouanne when they were ambushed and killed by bandits near Ferfay. By the storm, the body should be purged after Hurionville, near a castle of the Bishop of Therouanne who cared for her funeral on a hill in the marsh land near. The miterrichtete chapel became the nucleus of the community Lillers that formed around a castle and behind the city walls later.

Lillers was owned by the Counts of Flanders and Artois came in 1180 with the first time to France. 1303 Lillers was burnt down by the Flemings, 1542 by the French. From the town there were only two or three houses are, and yet in 1545 the inhabitants lived in tents or huts. In the following decades, the town was taken again and again in the wars between France and the Spanish Netherlands by the parties. It was not until the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 put an end to the mutual conquests.

Demographics

Attractions

• Chapelle de la Miséricorde
• Church
• House No. 44 - place Roger Salengro; Haur No. 2 rue de Relingue
• House called de l' Argentier, No. 2 rue du Maréchal -de- Lattre -de- Tassigny;
• House No. 3 rue de Relingue

Personalities

• Albert -Louis de Fouler (1770-1831), General of Cavalry
• Henri Leconte (born 1969 ), tennis player