Biache-Saint-Vaast

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Coordinates: 50°18′45″N 2°56′42″E / 50.3125, 2.945

Administration
Commune of Biache-Saint-Vaast
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Osartis
Mayor	Michel Housau (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	42 m–70 m (avg. 56 m)
Land area^¹	9,29 km²
Population^² (1999)	3923
- Density	422/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62128/ 62118
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.

Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 Population
3 Places of interest
4 People with links to the commune
5 See also
6 External links
7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A small farming and light industrial town located 8 miles (13km) east of Arras, on the banks of the river Scarfe, at the junction of the D42, D43 and D46 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by just yards from the commune.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
3525	3860	4224	4032	3981	3923
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the ravages of World War I.
The war memorials.
An archaelogical site of a stone age settlement of the Mousterian culture, with finds showing signs of the Levallois technique.