Maizières, Pas-de-Calais

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Maizières
Dovecote and the church
Maizières
Coordinates: 50°19′28″N 2°26′55″E / 50.3244°N 2.4486°E / 50.3244; 2.4486Coordinates: 50°19′28″N 2°26′55″E / 50.3244°N 2.4486°E / 50.3244; 2.4486
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Raymond Lavigne
Area
 • Land1 6.86 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 167
 • Population2 Density 24/km2 (63/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62542 / 62127
Elevation 123–153 m (404–502 ft)
(avg. 145 m or 476 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.

Maizières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Maizières is situated 16 miles (26 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D8, D81 and the D82 roads.

Population

Historical population of Maizières, Pas-de-Calais
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population216223175173177177167
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
  • An old dovecote.

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