Auchy-au-Bois

Auchy-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Auchy-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Auchy-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E / 50.5553°N 2.3719°ECoordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E / 50.5553°N 2.3719°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claudine Vincent
Area^1	4.27 km^2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	460
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62049 / 62190
Elevation	61–110 m (200–361 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 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.

Auchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in a Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	496	—
1968	504	+1.6%
1975	481	−4.6%
1982	424	−11.9%
1990	387	−8.7%
1999	414	+7.0%
2009	460	+11.1%

Sights

• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The old towers of the Château de Fromental, now farm buildings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Article about Fromental farm (French)
• Auchy-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)