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Ruitz

Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E / 50.4683; 2.5903
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Ruitz
Commune
The town hall of Ruitz
The town hall of Ruitz
Location of Ruitz
Map
Ruitz is located in France
Ruitz
Ruitz
Ruitz is located in Hauts-de-France
Ruitz
Ruitz
Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E / 50.4683; 2.5903
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementBéthune
CantonNœux-les-Mines
IntercommunalityCA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Adancourt
Area
1
4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1]
1,509
 • Density300/km2 (790/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62727 /62620
Elevation43–111 m (141–364 ft)
(avg. 62 m or 203 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980.

Geography

Ruitz is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (57.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
948 1016 1035 1426 1594 1582 1541
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Maurice, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

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