Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Berles-au-Bois
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Petit
Area 1	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population  (2009)	506
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62112 /62123
Elevation	105–159 m (344–522 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Berles-au-Bois

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

Geography

A farming village located 11 miles (17 km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	532	—
1968	557	+4.7%
1975	524	−5.9%
1982	531	+1.3%
1990	524	−1.3%
1999	485	−7.4%
2009	506	+4.3%

Sights

• Remains of a 13th-century château.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
• Three World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The churchyard extension cemetery at Berles
• The field cemetery at Berles
• The CWGC cemetery at Berles
• Berles-au-Bois on the Quid website Template:Fr icon