Isbergues

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Isbergues

Total population

8,649

Founded

1996

Elevation16 m

Land area14.37 km²

Coordinates50.62°, 2.45°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Isbergues is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of Béthune and 29 miles (47 km) west of Lille by the banks of the Canal d’Aire.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

René Goblet

French politician (1828-1905)

Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire

French musician (1842-1907)

Louis Frémaux

French conductor (1921–2017)

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Eric de Bisschop

French sailor (1891–1958)

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Lantbert von Lyon

abbot of Abbey of Fontenelle and Bishop of Lyon

Yohan Lachor

French footballer

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Albert-Eugène Edouard Decarpentry

French equestrian and officer (1878–1956)

Antoine René Charles Mathurin, comte de Laforest

French diplomat

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Henry de Lacaze

French politician and art collector

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Guyart des Moulins

author of the first Bible translation in French, known as the Bible Historiale (1251–1322)

Henri Fréville

French historian (1905–1987)

Jacqueline Maquet

French politician

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Angèle Bory d'Arnex

French writer

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Jean-Pierre Defontaine

French politician (1937–2022)

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Jean Berrier

French journalist and poet

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Joseph-Émile Barbier

French astronomer (1839–1889)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

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