Rivière, Pas-de-Calais

Rivière
Coat of arms
Rivière
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Rivière
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Claude Desailly
Area1	11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,151
• Density	97/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62712 / 62173
Elevation	75–131 m (246–430 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 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.

Rivière is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Rivière is a farming and light industrial village 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7, D30 and D34 roads.

History

The five hamlets of Bellacourt, Bellacordelle, Brétencourt, Grosville and Le Fermont became the commune of Rivière in 1789.

Population

The inhabitants are called Riviérois.

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
934	963	963	1102	1142	1122	1151
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The church

• The church of St.Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century château de Grosville and its parkland.
• Traces of a 13th-century castle at Brétencourt.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Bellacourt
• The CWGC cemetery at Le Fremont
• Official website of the commune of Rivière (French)
• Rivière on the Quid website (French)