Villers-Brûlin

Villers-Brûlin
Villers-Brûlin
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Villers-Brûlin
Coordinates: 50°22′05″N 2°32′19″E / 50.3681°N 2.5386°ECoordinates: 50°22′05″N 2°32′19″E / 50.3681°N 2.5386°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Aubigny-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Louis Lambert
Area^1	3.81 km^2 (1.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	313
• Density	82/km^2 (210/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62856 / 62690
Elevation	110–153 m (361–502 ft) (avg. 125 m or 410 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.

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

Geography

Villers-Brûlin lies 15 miles (24.1 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D76 and D77E1 roads.

Population

Historical population of Villers-Brûlin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	280	289	270	278	315	300	313
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 Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
• A sixteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Villers-Brûlin on the Quid website (French)