Vaudricourt, Pas-de-Calais

Vaudricourt
Vaudricourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  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
Area1	2.99 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	920
• 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

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The nineteenth-century chateau.
• A war memorial.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vaudricourt (Pas-de-Calais).

• Vaudricourt on the Quid website (French)