Puisieux, Pas-de-Calais

Puisieux
Commune
The town hall of Puisieux
Coat of arms
Puisieux Location within Hauts-de-France region Puisieux
Coordinates: 50°07′00″N 2°41′44″E / 50.1167°N 2.6956°E / 50.1167; 2.6956Coordinates: 50°07′00″N 2°41′44″E / 50.1167°N 2.6956°E / 50.1167; 2.6956
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014 - 2016)	Denis Grossemy
Area1	11.69 km2 (4.51 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	633
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
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 Hauts-de-France 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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Puisieux (Pas-de-Calais).

• 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 (in French)