Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Région de Bapaume
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Véronique Thiébaut
Area1	4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	111
• Density	27/km2 (71/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62129 / 62450
Elevation	102–128 m (335–420 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 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.

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a small farming village located just outside Bapaume and 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras. It was within the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume, during the Franco-Prussian War.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	110	—
1968	113	+2.7%
1975	88	−22.1%
1982	90	+2.3%
1990	86	−4.4%
1999	82	−4.7%
2009	111	+35.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Vaast, rebuilt, as was much of the village, after the ravages of World War I.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume on the Quid website (French)