Liessies

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Alain Richard^[1]Area17.6 km² (6.8 sq mi)Population531 • Density30/km² (78/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation157–234 m (515–768 ft)
(avg. 182 m or 597 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

It is known for Liessies Abbey, of which the abbey church and the park have been preserved.

Heraldry

The arms of Liessies are blazoned : Argent, a boar's head erased sable, armed argent langued gules. (Liessies, Sains-du-Nord and Sémeries use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References