Aubigny-en-Artois

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Coordinates: 50°21′06″N 2°35′29″E / 50.3516666667, 2.59138888889

Commune of Aubigny-en-Artois
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
Mayor	Jean-Michel Desailly (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	87 m–144 m
Land area¹	6,27 km²
Population² (1999)	1360
- Density	216/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62045/ 62690
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Aubigny-en-Artois is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A town located 8 miles (13km) northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1028	1131	1161	1330	1361	1360
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Kilien, dating from the 18th century.
• The World War I cemetery.
• The World War II memorial.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth war graves - Aubigny
• Aubigny-en-Artois on the Insee website (French)
• Aubigny-en-Artois on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 1st 2008.