Puisieux, Pas-de-Calais

Puisieux
Coat of arms of Puisieux Coat of arms
Puisieux
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Puisieux
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)	Denis Grossemy
Area1	11.69 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	633
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62672 / 62116
Elevation	77–147 m (253–482 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

Puisieux or Puisieux-au-Mont is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Puisieux is situated 14 miles (23 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D919, D27 and D6 roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
566	629	599	658	613	609	633
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Denis, rebuilt, as was the rest of the village, after the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
• A war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 3
• Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 2
• Serre Road CWGC cemetery No. 1
• The Queens CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC communal cemetery
• Puisieux on the Quid website (French)