Bouvigny-Boyeffles

Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Commune
The church of Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Coat of arms
Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Coordinates: 50°25′20″N 2°40′23″E / 50.4222°N 2.6731°E / 50.4222; 2.6731Coordinates: 50°25′20″N 2°40′23″E / 50.4222°N 2.6731°E / 50.4222; 2.6731
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Bully-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Viseux
Area1	9.07 km2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	2,449
• Density	270/km2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62170 /62172
Elevation	68–192 m (223–630 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 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.

Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Marin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The modern church of St. Martin.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Boyeffles.
• The radio and TV transmitter.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bouvigny-Boyeffles.

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (in French)
• Bouvigny-Boyeffles on the Quid website (in French)