Avesnes-lès-Bapaume

Avesnes-lès-Bapaume
Commune
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Coordinates: 50°06′19″N 2°50′29″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC du Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bernard Dobœuf[1]
Area ^1	3.09 km^2 (1.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	165
• Density	53/km^2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62064 /62450
Elevation	102–132 m (335–433 ft) (avg. 114 m or 374 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (French pronunciation: [avɛn lɛ bapom], literally Avesnes near Bapaume) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.^[3]

Geography

A small farming village, adjacent to the west of Bapaume, on the roads from Bapaume to Albert and Achiet-le-Grand.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	170	—
1975	179	+0.74%
1982	193	+1.08%
1990	163	−2.09%
1999	164	+0.07%
2009	136	−1.85%
2014	154	+2.52%
2020	167	+1.36%
Source: INSEE[4]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE