Bourlon

Bourlon
Coat of arms
Bourlon
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bourlon
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Luc Boyer
Area1	12.3 km2 (4.7 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,203
• Density	98/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62164 / 62860
Elevation	53–127 m (174–417 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 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.

Bourlon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 22 miles (35 km) southeast of Arras on the D16 road, just yards from the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,120	—
1968	1,123	+0.3%
1975	1,065	−5.2%
1982	1,135	+6.6%
1990	1,212	+6.8%
1999	1,246	+2.8%
2009	1,203	−3.5%

Sights

• The Canadian Bourlon Wood Memorial war memorial.
• The church of St. Martin, dating from the eighteenth century.
• Two 20th century chapels.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Official commune website
• Bourlon Wood cemetery
• Bourlon on the Quid website (French)