Berles-au-Bois

Berles-au-Bois
Berles-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Berles-au-Bois
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Mayor	Michel Petit (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	105–159 m (344–522 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
Land area1	8.9 km2 (3.4 sq mi)
Population2	506  (2009)
- Density	57 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62112/ 62123
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°11′51″N 2°37′48″E / 50.1975°N 2.63°E / 50.1975; 2.63

Berles-au-Bois 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 11 miles (17 km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

Population [edit]

Sights [edit]

• Remains of a 13th-century château.
• The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
• Three 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: Berles-au-Bois

• The churchyard extension cemetery at Berles
• The field cemetery at Berles
• The CWGC cemetery at Berles
• Berles-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)

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