Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Commune
The church of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Coat of arms
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Coordinates: 50°06′57″N 2°49′28″E / 50.1158°N 2.8244°E / 50.1158; 2.8244Coordinates: 50°06′57″N 2°49′28″E / 50.1158°N 2.8244°E / 50.1158; 2.8244
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bapaume
Intercommunality CC Sud-Artois
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Véronique Thiébaut
Area1 4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 111
 • Density 27/km2 (71/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
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 Hauts-de-France 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
YearPop.±%
1962110—    
1968113+2.7%
197588−22.1%
198290+2.3%
199086−4.4%
199982−4.7%
2009111+35.4%

Sights

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

See also

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