Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume

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Coordinates: 50°06′57″N 2°49′28″E / 50.1158333333, 2.82444444444

Commune of Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Mayor	Véronique Thiébaut (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	102 m–128 m (avg. 122 m)
Land area¹	4,04 km²
Population² (1999)	82
- Density	20/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62129/ 62450
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.

Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume 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 small farming village located just outside of Bapaume and 12 miles (19km) south of Arras. It was within the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume, during the Franco-Prussian War.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
110	113	88	90	86	82
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was much of the village, after the ravages of World War I.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 8th 2008.