Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bertincourt
Intercommunality	Canton of Bertincourt
Mayor	Philippe Gorguet (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	79–123 m (259–404 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
Land area1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population2	561  (2009)
- Density	57 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62096/ 62124
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.

Coordinates: 50°07′21″N 2°59′05″E / 50.1225°N 2.9847°E / 50.1225; 2.9847

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography [edit]

A farming village located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arras on the D18E road.

Population [edit]

Sights [edit]

• The church of St. Géri, rebuilt, like most of the village, after 1918.
• Vestiges of an old castle.
• Two World War I cemeteries.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

• The cemetery at Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
• The cemetery at Beaumetz crossroads
• Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai on the Quid website (French)

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