Villers-au-Bois
Villers-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Villers-au-Bois | |
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 The church of Villers-au-Bois | |
Location of Villers-au-Bois 
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  Villers-au-Bois  Villers-au-Bois | |
| Coordinates: 50°22′26″N 2°40′20″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
| Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Blancart |
| Area 1 | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 568 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62854 /62144 |
| Elevation | 99–162 m (325–531 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Villers-au-bois is surrounded by woodland and situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D65 and D58 roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 317 | 298 | 311 | 335 | 369 | 379 | 455 |
| 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, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The large Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery: Villers Station Cemetery
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