Auchy-au-Bois

Auchy-au-Bois
Commune
The church of Auchy-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Auchy-au-Bois
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Coordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Claudine Vincent
Area 1	4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population  (2015)	482
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62049 /62190
Elevation	61–110 m (200–361 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Auchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in a Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	496	—
1968	504	+1.6%
1975	481	−4.6%
1982	424	−11.9%
1990	387	−8.7%
1999	414	+7.0%
2009	460	+11.1%
2015	482	+4.8%

Sights

• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The old towers of the Château de Fromental, now farm buildings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Article about Fromental farm Template:Fr icon
• Auchy-au-Bois on the Quid website Template:Fr icon