Auchy-au-Bois

Auchy-au-Bois

Auchy-au-Bois
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality Artois-Lys
Mayor Claudine Vincent
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 61–110 m (200–360 ft)
(avg. 89 m/292 ft)
Land area1 4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population2 414  (1999)
 - Density 97 /km2 (250 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62049/ 62190
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

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Geography

A farming village situated 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population of Auchy-au-Bois
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 496 504 481 424 387 414
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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