Bienvillers-au-Bois

Bienvillers-au-Bois
Bienvillers-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bienvillers-au-Bois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Olivier Prouvost
Area1	7.39 km2 (2.85 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	603
• Density	82/km2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62130 / 62111
Elevation	140–167 m (459–548 ft) (avg. 156 m or 512 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.

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

Geography

A farming and light industrial village located 11 miles (18 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D2, D8 and D62.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	599	—
1968	629	+5.0%
1975	665	+5.7%
1982	584	−12.2%
1990	614	+5.1%
1999	619	+0.8%
2009	603	−2.6%

Sights

• The church of St. Jacques, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The war memorial.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Bienvillers-au-Bois
• Bienvillers-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)