Sailly-au-Bois

Sailly-au-Bois
Sailly-au-Bois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Sailly-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°07′17″N 2°35′46″E / 50.1214°N 2.5961°ECoordinates: 50°07′17″N 2°35′46″E / 50.1214°N 2.5961°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Pinson
Area^1	9.28 km^2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	270
• Density	29/km^2 (75/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62733 / 62111
Elevation	113–156 m (371–512 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

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

Geography

Sailly-au-Bois lies about 18 miles (29 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D3 and D23 roads.

Population

Historical population of Sailly-au-Bois

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	307	334	316	293	302	265	270
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.John the Baptist, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC military cemetery
• Sailly-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)