Auchy-au-Bois
Appearance
Auchy-au-Bois | |
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The church of Auchy-au-Bois | |
Coordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E / 50.5553°N 2.3719°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Béthune |
Canton | Lillers |
Intercommunality | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-François Delplace[1] |
Area 1 | 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 540 |
• Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62049 /62190 |
Elevation | 61–110 m (200–361 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Auchy-au-Bois (French pronunciation: [oʃi o bwa]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in a Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]A farming village situated 11 miles (18 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 504 | — |
1975 | 481 | −0.67% |
1982 | 424 | −1.79% |
1990 | 387 | −1.13% |
1999 | 414 | +0.75% |
2009 | 460 | +1.06% |
2014 | 470 | +0.43% |
2020 | 534 | +2.15% |
Source: INSEE[4] |
Sights
[edit]- The church of St. Gilles, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The old towers of the Château de Fromental, now farm buildings.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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- Article about Fromental farm (in French)