Biache-Saint-Vaast

Biache-Saint-Vaast
Biache-Saint-Vaast
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Biache-Saint-Vaast
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Mayor	Michel Housau (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	42–70 m (138–230 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 ft)
Land area1	9.29 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population2	3,923  (1999)
- Density	422 /km2 (1,090 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62128/ 62118
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.

Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town located 8 miles (13 km) east of Arras, on the banks of the Scarpe river, at the junction of the D42, D43 and D46 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by just yards from the commune.

Population

Historical population of Biache-Saint-Vaast

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	3525	3860	4224	4032	3981	3923
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.Pierre, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the ravages of World War I.
• The war memorials.
• An archaeological site of a stone age settlement of the Mousterian culture, with finds showing signs of the Levallois technique.

Notable people

• Charles Delestraint, general and member of the French Resistance

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Vivre Mieux à Biache
• The CWGC graves at Biache-Saint-Vaast
• Biache-Saint-Vaast on the Quid website (French)