Aubers | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason-gueules-croix-or.svg |
Arrondissement: | Lille |
Canton: | Annœullin |
Insee: | 59025 |
Postal Code: | 59249 |
Mayor: | Alain Leclercq[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Métropole Européenne de Lille |
Coordinates: | 50.5961°N 2.8258°W |
Elevation M: | 29 |
Elevation Min M: | 18 |
Elevation Max M: | 41 |
Area Km2: | 10.14 |
Aubers (pronounced as /fr/) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2] It is 15km (09miles) west of Lille. The parish church is dedicated to St Vaast.
It was the site of a major World War I battle, the Battle of Aubers, during 1915.
Aubers is twinned with the English town of Wadhurst.