Bouvigny-Boyeffles

Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Sains-en-Gohelle
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Mayor	Maurice Viseux (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	68–192 m (223–630 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 ft)
Land area1	9.07 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population2	2,581  (2005)
- Density	285 /km2 (740 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62170/ 62172
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.

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

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

Historical population of Bouvigny-Boyeffles

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
Population	1869	1927	2049	2216	2317	2439	2581
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.Marin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The modern church of St.Martin.
• The eighteenth century chateau of Boyeffles.
• The radio and TV transmitter

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Bouvigny-Boyeffles on the Quid website (French)