Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Berles-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Berles-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°11′51″N 2°37′48″E / 50.1975°N 2.63°E / 50.1975; 2.63Coordinates: 50°11′51″N 2°37′48″E / 50.1975°N 2.63°E / 50.1975; 2.63
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Petit
Area
• Land1	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population (2009)
• Population2	506
• Population2 Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62112 / 62123
Elevation	105–159 m (344–522 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 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.

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

Geography

A farming village located 11 miles (17 km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

Population

Sights

• Remains of a 13th-century château.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
• Three World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Berles-au-Bois.

• The churchyard extension cemetery at Berles
• The field cemetery at Berles
• The CWGC cemetery at Berles
• Berles-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)