Lambersart

Lambersart (French pronunciation: [lɑ̃bɛʁsaʁ]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Lambersart
Commune
The Deûle canal in Lambersart
Coat of arms
Location of Lambersart
Lambersart Show map of France Lambersart Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°39′00″N 3°01′30″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lambersart
Intercommunality	Métropole Européenne de Lille
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Nicolas Bouche[1]
Area 1	6.16 km2 (2.38 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	27,105
• Density	4,400/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59328 /59130
Elevation	17–34 m (56–112 ft) (avg. 25 m or 82 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

This commune is located in the Métropole Européenne de Lille, and is a suburb of the city of Lille, bordering it on its northwest side.

Inhabitants of the town are called Lambersartois.

Heraldry

Arms of Lambersart

The arms of Lambersart are blazoned : Ermine, 3 bends gules semy of escallops (bendwise) Or.

Geography

Bordered by the river Deûle and the Citadel of Lille, close to Lille, Lambersart is one of the cities of the urban community Lille Métropole.

Population

The population of Lambersart has reached its peak at 29,614 in 1975 and has slowly declined since then.

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1793 783 —     1800 734 −0.92% 1806 856 +2.60% 1821 852 −0.03% 1831 940 +0.99% 1836 966 +0.55% 1841 1,026 +1.21% 1846 1,161 +2.50% 1851 1,219 +0.98% 1856 1,328 +1.73% 1861 1,615 +3.99% 1866 1,852 +2.78% 1872 2,240 +3.22% 1876 2,425 +2.00% 1881 2,775 +2.73% 1886 3,450 +4.45% 1891 4,050 +3.26% 1896 4,820 +3.54%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1901 6,804 +7.14% 1906 7,984 +3.25% 1911 9,326 +3.16% 1921 10,472 +1.17% 1926 11,927 +2.64% 1931 14,377 +3.81% 1936 16,197 +2.41% 1946 17,675 +0.88% 1954 19,092 +0.97% 1962 21,807 +1.68% 1968 26,833 +3.52% 1975 29,614 +1.42% 1982 28,494 −0.55% 1990 28,275 −0.10% 1999 28,131 −0.06% 2007 28,410 +0.12% 2012 28,435 +0.02% 2017 27,649 −0.56%
Source: EHESS[4] and INSEE (1968-2017)[5]

Places and monuments

Lambersart has been an expensive residential city since the beginning of the 2000s when many regional businessmen moved to the city. The area in Deûle and the surrounding countryside has been a popular area. Urbanization as a result of increased population as a Lille suburb has resulted in the loss of open land. The architecture style which has been conserved include features such as the Touquet and Malo baths. As in common in the Nord/Pas-de-Calais Area, the red brick style is frequently found. The "Avenue de l'Hippodrome" is an avenue considered on a local scale to be the world's most beautiful avenue, with many regionalist villas for wealthy industrialists built in the early 20th century; among them is the Villa Saint-Charles by architect Victor Mollet. In Lambersart, even the small streets are often named "Avenues".

Transmission tower in Lambersart

There is a transmission tower in Lambersart, less powerful than that of Bondues, which allows the inhabitants of the urban Community of Lille and some peripheral zones to receive TNT (television numerique terrestre) since 31 March 2005. (At the end of 2006, 63% of the French population can receive the TNT, with more than 4 million having adapters. In northern France, only one quarter of the population receives it because of the obstruction of the radio relay system and of the international disagreements in this area). The architecture of the municipal police station is the pride of local lambersartois people.

Transportation

Served by line 2 of the Lille Metro, it takes less than twenty minutes from metro station Lomme-Lambersart to Lille Flandres central station thanks to the many metro stations along the Avenue de Dunkerque, the city is also close to the St. Philibert metro station which is located between the hospital and shopping centre. Four bus lines serve Lambersart to central Lille.

The city is close to the A25 motorway, which provides quick access to Lesquin airport and other motorways in France such as the A1 to Paris.

Notable people

• Jean Vercoutter - Egyptologist

Twin towns

• Southborough, Kent (United Kingdom) since 1992^[6]
• Viersen (Germany) since 1964
• Kaniv (Ukraine)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department