Bavincourt

Bavincourt
Coat of arms
Bavincourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Bavincourt
Coordinates: 50°13′33″N 2°34′07″E / 50.2258°N 2.5686°ECoordinates: 50°13′33″N 2°34′07″E / 50.2258°N 2.5686°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Plaisant
Area^1	7.54 km^2 (2.91 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	359
• Density	48/km^2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62086 / 62158
Elevation	125–177 m (410–581 ft) (avg. 180 m or 590 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.

Bavincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 14 miles (22 km) southwest of Arras on the D8 road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	377	—
1968	403	+6.9%
1975	373	−7.4%
1982	327	−12.3%
1990	353	+8.0%
1999	347	−1.7%
2009	359	+3.5%

Sights

• The church of St. Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
• A nineteenth-century chateau.
• A chapel.
• The war graves in the cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The cemetery at Bavincourt
• Bavincourt on the Quid website (French)