Vaudricourt, Pas-de-Calais

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Vaudricourt
Vaudricourt
Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°37′33″E / 50.5025°N 2.6258°E / 50.5025; 2.6258Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°37′33″E / 50.5025°N 2.6258°E / 50.5025; 2.6258
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Béthune
Canton Barlin
Intercommunality Nœux et environs
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Roger Valet
Area
 • Land1 2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 920
 • Population2 Density 310/km2 (800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62836 / 62131
Elevation 29–52 m (95–171 ft)
(avg. 45 m or 148 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.

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

Geography

Vaudricourt is situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Béthune and 25 miles (40.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D186 and D171 roads and by junction 6 of the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Vaudricourt, Pas-de-Calais
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population448454668897863867920
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The nineteenth-century chateau.
  • A war memorial.

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