Buire-au-Bois

Buire-au-Bois
Coat of arms of Buire-au-Bois Coat of arms
Buire-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Buire-au-Bois
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)	Marie-José Dubois
Area1	11.81 km2 (4.56 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	211
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62182 / 62390
Elevation	49–142 m (161–466 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 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.

Buire-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming commune located 25 miles (40 km) west of Arras on the D117 road, at the junction with the D102.

Buire-au-Bois is a typical rural community, comprising the village itself and the hamlet of Bachimont. Through various reasons, such as the lack of employment, many young people have moved out of the area. Many houses are being bought and used by English and Dutch francophiles.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	271	—
1968	308	+13.7%
1975	272	−11.7%
1982	244	−10.3%
1990	225	−7.8%
1999	210	−6.7%
2009	211	+0.5%

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the eighteenth century
• The eighteenth-century château.
• A seventeenth-century manor house.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Buire-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)