Éterpigny, Pas-de-Calais

Éterpigny
Coat of arms
Éterpigny
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Éterpigny
Coordinates: 50°15′31″N 2°58′50″E / 50.2586°N 2.9806°ECoordinates: 50°15′31″N 2°58′50″E / 50.2586°N 2.9806°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Regis Baes
Area^1	3.49 km^2 (1.35 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	167
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62319 / 62156
Elevation	41–67 m (135–220 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 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.

Éterpigny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Its inhabitants are called Sterpiniens and Sterpiniennes.^[1]

Geography

A farming village situated 9 miles (14.5 km) southeast of Arras, on the D9 road. The A26 autoroute passes by about half a mile from the village.

Population

Historical population of Éterpigny, Pas-de-Calais

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	115	119	123	158	202	167
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, as was the rest of the village, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Annuaire-Mairie"

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Éterpigny
• Éterpigny on the Quid website (French)