Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois
Coat of arms of Berles-au-Bois Coat of arms
Berles-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Berles-au-Bois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Petit
Area1	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	506
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62112 / 62123
Elevation	105–159 m (344–522 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 11 miles (17 km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	532	—
1968	557	+4.7%
1975	524	−5.9%
1982	531	+1.3%
1990	524	−1.3%
1999	485	−7.4%
2009	506	+4.3%

Sights

• Remains of a 13th-century château.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
• Three World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The churchyard extension cemetery at Berles
• The field cemetery at Berles
• The CWGC cemetery at Berles
• Berles-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)