Leers

Leers
Leers
	Leers
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Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lannoy
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Van Belle
Area1	5.4 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	9,651
• Density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59339 / 59115
Elevation	16–37 m (52–121 ft); (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Leers is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole, and is about 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Lille.

Heraldry

	The arms of Leers are blazoned : Sable, 4 keys argent. (Leers and Saint-Pierre-Brouck use the same arms.)

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Leers
Leers
<templatestyles src="Template:Hidden begin/styles.css"/> Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Leers
Coordinates: Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Lille
Canton	Lannoy
Intercommunality	Lille Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Van Belle
Area¹	5.4 km² (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)²	9,651
• Density	1,800/km² (4,600/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59339 / 59115
Elevation	16–37 m (52–121 ft) (avg. 37 m or 121 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.