Bours, Pas-de-Calais

Bours
Commune
The château of Bours
Bours
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Bours
Coordinates: 50°27′19″N 2°24′21″E / 50.4553°N 2.4058°E / 50.4553; 2.4058Coordinates: 50°27′19″N 2°24′21″E / 50.4553°N 2.4058°E / 50.4553; 2.4058
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality CC Ternois
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Bernadette Noe
Area1 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 571
  Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
  Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62166 /62550
Elevation 83–184 m (272–604 ft)
(avg. 171 m or 561 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.

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

Geography

A farming village located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Arras on the D89 road, in the valley of the Clarence river.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962493    
1968545+10.5%
1975510−6.4%
1982505−1.0%
1990524+3.8%
1999509−2.9%
2009571+12.2%

Sights

  • The church of Sainte-Austreberthe, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The (restored) castle donjon, also from the eleventh century. Built of sandstone by Hugues de Bours.

See also

References


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