Gouves, Pas-de-Calais

For a place in Greece, see Gouves, Greece.

Gouves
Commune
The church of Gouves The church of Gouves
Coat of arms
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Campagnes de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Romuald Delattre
Area1	2.64 km2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)2
INSEE/Postal code	62378 / 62123
Elevation	72–124 m (236–407 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.

Gouves (French pronunciation: ​[ɡuv]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D56 and C5 roads, in the valley of the small river Gy.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	93	—
1975	95	+0.30%
1982	179	+9.47%
1990	174	−0.35%
1999	198	+1.45%
2007	191	−0.45%
2012	191	+0.00%
2017	197	+0.62%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church (and the fountain) of St.Maclou, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Traces of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Website of the “Entente Gouvoise”