Bours, Pas-de-Calais

Bours is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Bours
Commune
The château of Bours
Location of Bours
Bours Bours
Coordinates: 50°27′19″N 2°24′21″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	CC Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernadette Noe
Area ^1	11.84 km^2 (4.57 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	617
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62166 /62550
Elevation	83–184 m (272–604 ft) (avg. 171 m or 561 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Arras on the D89 road, in the valley of the Clarence river.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1962	493	—
1968	545	+10.5%
1975	510	−6.4%
1982	505	−1.0%
1990	524	+3.8%
1999	509	−2.9%
2009	571	+12.2%

Sights

• The church of Sainte-Austreberthe, dating from the eleventh century.

• The (restored) castle donjon, also from the eleventh century. Built of sandstone by Hugues de Bours.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.