Bours, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°27′19″N 2°24′21″E / 50.4553, 2.4058

Commune of Bours
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Heuchin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pernois
Mayor	Bernadette Noe (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	83 m–184 m (avg. 171 m)
Land area¹	11,84 km²
Population² (1999)	509
- Density	43/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62166/ 62550
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bours is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

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

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
493	545	510	505	524	509
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of Sainte-Austreberthe, dating from the 11th century.

• The (restored) castle donjon, also from the 11th century. Built of sandstone by Hugues de Bours.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Bours on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 9th 2008.