Plouvain

Plouvain
Plouvain
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Plouvain
Coordinates: 50°18′25″N 2°55′35″E / 50.3069°N 2.9264°E / 50.3069; 2.9264Coordinates: 50°18′25″N 2°55′35″E / 50.3069°N 2.9264°E / 50.3069; 2.9264
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	André Anjorand
Area1	2.41 km2 (0.93 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	508
• Density	210/km2 (550/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62660 / 62118
Elevation	42–71 m (138–233 ft) (avg. 61 m or 200 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.

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

Geography

Plouvin is situated 5 miles (8 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D42 and the D46 roads. The junction of the A1 and the A26 autoroutes is less than a mile away.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Anne, rebuilt along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Plouvain.

• The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery
• Plouvain on the Quid website (French)