Basseux

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Coordinates: 50°13′38″N 2°38′43″E / 50.22722223, 2.645277778

Commune of Basseux
Location
Basseux (France)
Basseux
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality Communauté de communes des Vertes vallées
Mayor Roger Karpinski
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 92 m–143 m
(avg. 106 m)
Land area¹ 3,35 km²
Population²
(1999)		 149
 - Density 44/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62085/ 62123
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.
France

Basseux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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[edit] Geography

A small farming village located 8 miles (12km) southwest of Arras on the D1 road, which follows the route of a Roman road. The small river Crinchon flows by the commune.

[edit] History

The school
The school
  • Mentioned in the 7th century for the first time, as ‘Batsalis’ and later as Batseus (1154) and Basceu in 1277.
  • In 1711, the troops of the Marquis de Hautefort, Lieutenant General of the armies of Louis XIV, pillaged the town at the time of the War of Spanish Succession (1700-1713).
  • Between 1788-1789, a presbytery was built and the village has 217 inhabitants.
  • On April the 8th 1834, half the village was burnt down. An inscription on the gate of the church recalls the incident:
    "On the 8th April 1834, 17 houses of this village were burned down. They were all rebuilt in the same year by the kindness of King Louis-Philippe of France and the help of the government and the département together with donations from many generous people. This stone was placed by the inhabitants of Basseux in recognition of their benefactors".
  • On the 1st of January 1871, a skirmish took place between French Dragoons and Prussian Uhlans.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
107 112 126 129 158 149
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

  • The war cemetery.
  • The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the 12th century.
The church
The church


[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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[edit] Notes

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