Riencourt-lès-Bapaume

Riencourt-lès-Bapaume
Riencourt-lès-Bapaume
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Riencourt-lès-Bapaume
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Mayor	Jean Descamps (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	113–132 m (371–433 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
Land area1	3.41 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population2	32  (2006)
- Density	9 /km2 (23 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62708/ 62450
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°05′21″N 2°52′57″E / 50.0892°N 2.8825°E / 50.0892; 2.8825

Riencourt-lès-Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography [edit]

Riencourt-lès-Bapaume lies 19 miles (31 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D11E and N17 roads.

Population [edit]

Places of interest [edit]

• The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt along with all of the village after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also [edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References [edit]

• INSEE commune file

External links [edit]

• The CWGC cemetery
• Riencourt-lès-Bapaume on the Quid website (French)

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