Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bertincourt
Intercommunality	Canton of Bertincourt
Mayor	Philippe Gorguet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	79–123 m (259–404 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
Land area1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population2	541  (1999)
- Density	55 /km2 (140 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62096/ 62124
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.

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arras on the D18E road.

Population

Historical population of Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	550	566	536	482	516	541
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Géri, rebuilt, like most of the village, after 1918.
• Vestiges of an old castle.
• Two World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The cemetery at Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
• The cemetery at Beaumetz crossroads
• Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai on the Quid website (French)