Bus-lès-Artois

Bus-lès-Artois
Location of Bus-lès-Artois
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Acheux-en-Amiénois
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Rouvillain
Area 1	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population  (2010)	147
• Density	22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80153 /80560
Elevation	108–153 m (354–502 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bus-lès-Artois is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D176 road, some 48 kilometres (30 mi) northeast of Amiens.

Population

Historical population of Bus-lès-Artois

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	172	193	158	135	135	146	147
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• Church of Saint Pierre, constructed over several centuries, restored in 1804.
• Château de 1848, built on the site of an old fort, to the north of the church.
• The playing area of the Picard sport ‘fr:ballon au poing’

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Bus-lès-Artois on the Quid site Template:Fr icon