Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais

Richebourg
Richebourg
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Richebourg
Coordinates: 50°34′47″N 2°44′25″E / 50.5797°N 2.7403°ECoordinates: 50°34′47″N 2°44′25″E / 50.5797°N 2.7403°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Delahaye
Area^1	17.31 km^2 (6.68 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	2,476
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62706 / 62136
Elevation	16–20 m (52–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 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.

Richebourg is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It was formed on 21 February 1971 by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast and Richebourg-l'Avoué.^[1] In 1916 it was the site of the Battle of the Boar's Head.

Bordering communes

• Arrondissement of Béthune:
  • Festubert
  • La Couture
  • Vieille-Chapelle
  • Violaines
  • Laventie
  • Lorgies
  • Neuve-Chapelle
  • Lestrem
• Arrondissement of Dunkerque (Nord department:
  • La Gorgue

Population

Population history (Source : INSEE^[2])

	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Richebourg-l'Avoué	1625	1631	1619	2006	2463	2484	2476
Richebourg-Saint-Vaast	1107
Starting in 1990: Population without duplicates

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. Code officiel géographique, INSEE. (French)
2. INSEE