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Geography

Lumbres is located in the middle of the valley of the Aa, with ten kilometers of Saint-Omer.

Lumbres, flowered City, two flowers, is offered each year, a coat of colors, which is melted within a natural framework which is the valley of Aa.

History

Lumbres is an industrial town which in particular developed around a Cimenterie and of a Papeterie, along the railway, in a valley which was one of most industrial of the area and France to the Early middle ages and where the factories often replaced old mills.
Pour this reason, and because of the proximity of the Cupola of Helfaut, Lumbres and the valley were military targets at the time from both World wars.

Administration

Demography

Personalities related to the commune

Others

City open to the culture, it has more than forty various and varied associations.

For a few years, the town of Lumbres has been opened with the Tourisme. The tourist bureau, proposes to you to discover, various places and activities which composes our beautiful area, with small the tourist Train of time. This one will take you along behind all while replongeant you a few years, with discovered various historic sites, like the Cupola,…

See too

Common of the Pas-de-Calais

External bonds

Tourist office of Lumbres
Site on the local history
Lumbres on the site of the national geographical Institute
Lumbres on the site of INSEE
Localization of Lumbres on a chart of France and communes bordering

Random links:

Friedrich Rust | Dražen Petrović | Melbou | Park of Réaumont-Saint-Cassien | Glory (Pierre Jean Jouve)