Maisnil-lès-Ruitz

Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
Commune
The church of Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
Coat of arms
Location of Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
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Coordinates: 50°27′10″N 2°35′09″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Bruay-la-Buissière
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Miniot
Area ^1	5.56 km^2 (2.15 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,680
• Density	300/km^2 (780/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62540 /62620
Elevation	91–181 m (299–594 ft) (avg. 150 m or 490 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

Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Béthune and 35 miles (56.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72, D301 and D179 roads.

Population

Historical population of Maisnil-lès-Ruitz

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	1284	1287	1205	1192	1235	1215	1415
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

• An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
• The church of St. Sébastien, dating from the seventeenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

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