Biache-Saint-Vaast

Biache-Saint-Vaast
Commune
The town hall of Biache-Saint-Vaast
Coat of arms
Location of Biache-Saint-Vaast
Biache-Saint-Vaast Biache-Saint-Vaast
Coordinates: 50°18′45″N 2°56′42″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Brebières
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Osartis Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Michel Housau
Area 1	9.29 km2 (3.59 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	4,481
• Density	480/km2 (1,200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62128 /62118
Elevation	42–70 m (138–230 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern 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

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	3,525	—
1968	3,860	+9.5%
1975	4,224	+9.4%
1982	4,032	−4.5%
1990	3,981	−1.3%
1999	3,923	−1.5%
2005	3,815	−2.8%
2009	3,886	+1.9%
2010	3,907	+0.5%
2015	4,010	+2.6%

Sights

• 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.

Personalities

• 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