Pas-en-Artois

Pas-en-Artois
Chateau
Pas-en-Artois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Pas-en-Artois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	François Lefel
Area1	10.88 km2 (4.20 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	839
• Density	77/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62.49 / 62760
Elevation	80–158 m (262–518 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 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.

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

Geography

Pas-en-Artois is situated 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D1, D6 and D25 roads, in the valley of the river Kilienne, a small tributary of the Authie.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
859	913	959	948	925	938	839
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The seventeenth-century chateau.

The church

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Pas-en-Artois on the Quid website (French)