Beauvoir-Wavans

Beauvoir-Wavans
Coat of arms of Beauvoir-Wavans Coat of arms
Beauvoir-Wavans
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beauvoir-Wavans
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Auxi-le-Château
Intercommunality	Auxillois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Danielle Riss
Area1	9.49 km2 (3.66 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	389
• Density	41/km2 (110/sq mi)
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 Nord-Pas-de-Calais 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
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	347	—
1968	396	+14.1%
1975	392	−1.0%
1982	401	+2.3%
1990	409	+2.0%
1999	397	−2.9%
2009	389	−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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Wavans
• Beauvoir-Wavans on the Quid website (French)