Beauvoir-Wavans

Beauvoir-Wavans
Commune
The town hall of Beauvoir-Wavans

Coat of arms
Beauvoir-Wavans
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Beauvoir-Wavans
Coordinates: 50°13′07″N 2°09′47″E / 50.2186°N 2.1631°E / 50.2186; 2.1631Coordinates: 50°13′07″N 2°09′47″E / 50.2186°N 2.1631°E / 50.2186; 2.1631
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality CC Ternois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Danielle Riss
Area1 9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 389
  Density 41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62881 /62390
Elevation 32–128 m (105–420 ft)
(avg. 48 m or 157 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.

Beauvoir-Wavans is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A village located 33 miles (52 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D117 with the D938 road.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962347    
1968396+14.1%
1975392−1.0%
1982401+2.3%
1990409+2.0%
1999397−2.9%
2009389−2.0%

Sights

  • Two churches dedicated to St. Vaast, from the sixteenth century and the 17th century.
  • The Château de Beauvoir-Rivière, built in 1780.
  • The World War I cemetery.

See also

References


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