Plouvain

Plouvain
Location of Plouvain
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Anjorand
Area 1	2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	508
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62660 /62118
Elevation	42–71 m (138–233 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Plouvin is situated 5 miles (8 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D42 and the D46 roads. The junction of the A1 and the A26 autoroutes is less than a mile away.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
281	288	309	386	439	460	508
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Anne, rebuilt along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery
• Plouvain on the Quid website Template:Fr