Brebières

Brebières

Brebières
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality Osartis
Mayor Jean-Pierre Hecquet
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 25–48 m (82–157 ft)
(avg. 43 m/141 ft)
Land area1 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi)
Population2 4,424  (1999)
 - Density 410 /km2 (1,100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62173/ 62117
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.

Brebières 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 and light industrial town located 12 miles (19 km) east of Arras on the N50 road, at the junction with the D44 and D307, by the banks of the Scarpe river. A celebration of the potato takes place annually on the 1st Sunday in September.

History

Population

Historical population of Brebières
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 3424 4238 4285 4307 4324 4424
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

See also

References

  1. ^ Voix du nord du 12 avril 2008

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