Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Région de Bapaume]
Mayor	Véronique Thiébaut (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	102–128 m (335–420 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 ft)
Land area1	4.04 km2 (1.56 sq mi)
Population2	82  (1999)
- Density	20 /km2 (52 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62129/ 62450
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.

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

Geography

A small farming village located just outside of Bapaume and 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras. It was within the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume, during the Franco-Prussian War.

Population

Historical population of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	110	113	88	90	86	82
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.Vaast, rebuilt, as was much of the village, after the ravages of World War I.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume on the Quid website (French)