Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
The church of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Coat of arms
Location of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Coordinates: 50°06′57″N 2°49′28″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementArras
CantonBapaume
IntercommunalityCommunauté de communes du Sud-Artois
Government
  Mayor (2014-2020) Véronique Thiébaut
Area
1
4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
94
  Density23/km2 (60/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62129 /62450
Elevation102–128 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.

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%
200698+19.5%
2007100+2.0%
2008102+2.0%
2009111+8.8%
201395−14.4%
201591−4.2%

Sights

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

See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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