Sailly-Labourse Explained

Sailly-Labourse
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason ville fr Sailly-Labourse (Pas-de-Calais).svg
Arrondissement:	Béthune
Canton:	Douvrin
Insee:	62735
Postal Code:	62113
Mayor:	Dominique Hennebelle^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Coordinates:	50.5025°N 2.695°W
Elevation M:	29
Elevation Min M:	19
Elevation Max M:	41
Area Km2:	6.02

Sailly-Labourse (in French pronounced as /saji labuʁs/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

Sailly-Labourse is a large farming and light industrial village situated some 3miles southeast of Béthune and 24miles southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D943 and D65 roads.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau de Prés.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graves in the churchyard

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 9 August 2021. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62735-sailly-labourse INSEE commune file