Laires
Encyclopedia
Laires is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
.
, on the D95 road.
Its surrounded by the common Beaumetz-lès-Aire
, Erny-Saint-Julien
and Laires , Bomy is located 19 km southwest of Saint-Omer's largest city around.
, made a gift of the village to the abbey of St Saviour at Ham. In January 1478, a band of soldiers from the Burgundian
garrison at Renescure
terrorized the area around Laires and instead of helping people to fight the "French enemy", looted the village. Against the Spanish, the commune suffered again. In 1537 the area was completely devastated. In 1542 and 1543, the village was looted several times and fourteen French houses were burned down.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
A village situated 15 miles (24 km) south of Saint-OmerSaint-Omer
Saint-Omer , a commune and sub-prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department west-northwest of Lille on the railway to Calais. The town is named after Saint Audomar, who brought Christianity to the area....
, on the D95 road.
Its surrounded by the common Beaumetz-lès-Aire
Beaumetz-lès-Aire
Beaumetz-lès-Aire is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A village located 12 miles south of Saint-Omer, at the junction of the D92, D130 and D159 roads.-Population:-References:*...
, Erny-Saint-Julien
Erny-Saint-Julien
Erny-Saint-Julien is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming village situated 10 miles south of Saint-Omer, at the D158 and D193 crossroads....
and Laires , Bomy is located 19 km southwest of Saint-Omer's largest city around.
Population
History
In 734, Laires was called "Wilbert", after its owner. The spelling of the name has changed over the centuries from Larae, Laris, Lares, Laire and Lare, to become Laires by the eighteenth century. In 1115, Baldwin VII, Count of FlandersBaldwin VII, Count of Flanders
Baldwin VII of Flanders was count of Flanders from 1111 to 1119.-Family Relations:He was the son of Robert II of Flanders and Clementia of Burgundy. Two of his maternal uncles were the later Pope Calixtus II and Raymond of Burgundy, Count of Coimbra and husband of the future Queen Urraca of...
, made a gift of the village to the abbey of St Saviour at Ham. In January 1478, a band of soldiers from the Burgundian
Duchy of Burgundy
The Duchy of Burgundy , was heir to an ancient and prestigious reputation and a large division of the lands of the Second Kingdom of Burgundy and in its own right was one of the geographically larger ducal territories in the emergence of Early Modern Europe from Medieval Europe.Even in that...
garrison at Renescure
Renescure
-References:*...
terrorized the area around Laires and instead of helping people to fight the "French enemy", looted the village. Against the Spanish, the commune suffered again. In 1537 the area was completely devastated. In 1542 and 1543, the village was looted several times and fourteen French houses were burned down.
Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, dating from the fifteenth century.
- The war memorial, from 1921.