Beauvoir-Wavans

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Beauvoir-Wavans
Coat of arms of Beauvoir-Wavans
Coat of arms
Beauvoir-Wavans is located in France
Beauvoir-Wavans
Beauvoir-Wavans
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Beauvoir-Wavans is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
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Beauvoir-Wavans
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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

References

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