Béthonsart

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Béthonsart

Coat of arms
Béthonsart
Coordinates: 50°22′36″N 2°33′04″E / 50.3767°N 2.5511°E / 50.3767; 2.5511Coordinates: 50°22′36″N 2°33′04″E / 50.3767°N 2.5511°E / 50.3767; 2.5511
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality Atrebatie
Government
  Mayor (20082014) Richard Juras
Area
  Land1 4.21 km2 (1.63 sq mi)
Population (2009)
  Population2 167
  Population2 Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62118 / 62690
Elevation 119–157 m (390–515 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)

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.

Béthonsart is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A small farming village located 12 miles (20 km) northwest of Arras on the D74.

Population

Historical population
Year Pop.  ±%  
1962 167    
1968 152−9.0%
1975 127−16.4%
1982 126−0.8%
1990 141+11.9%
1999 131−7.1%
2009 167+27.5%

Sights

  • A seventeenth-century farmhouse.
  • The church of St. Elizabeth, dating from the sixteenth century
Detail of the spire

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