Berles-au-Bois

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Coordinates: 50°11′51″N 2°37′48″E / 50.1975, 2.63

Commune of Berles-au-Bois
Location
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	Michel Petit (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	105 m–159 m (avg. 102 m)
Land area¹	8,9 km²
Population² (1999)	485
- Density	54/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62112/ 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.

Berles-au-Bois is a commune 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 farming village located 11 miles (17km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
532	557	524	531	524	485
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• 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 Great War cemeteries.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] 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 (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 5th 2008.