Estrées, Nord

For other places of the same name, see Estrées.

Estrées
Estrées
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Estrées
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Douai
Canton	Arleux
Intercommunality	Douaisis
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Daniel Laczny
Area1	5.82 km2 (2.25 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,038
• Density	180/km2 (460/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	59214 / 59151
Elevation	33–63 m (108–207 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 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.

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

It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées. The etymology of the name is from strata (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence Estreti, village on the road which developed into Estrées.

Heraldry

The arms of Estrées are blazoned : Vert, a fess ermine. (Oignies, Beaucamps-Ligny, Estrées, Gruson and Wicres use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

• INSEE commune file