Brias

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Coordinates: 50°24′34″N 2°22′56″E / 50.4094444444, 2.38222222222

Commune of Brias
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
Mayor	Régis Mehl (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	122 m–166 m (avg. 160 m)
Land area¹	7,74 km²
Population² (1999)	235
- Density	30/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62180/ 62130
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 22 miles (35km) northwest of Arras on the N41 road, at the junction with the D81.

[edit] History

First mentioned in 1212, as the fiefdom of Gille de la Tourette. The château of Bryas served as headquarters for Marshall Foch during the Second Battle of Artois, in 1915.
The commune agreed to change the spelling of the name from Bryas in 1997.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
223	269	264	278	264	235
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin,
• The château, rebuilt between 1789 and 1805.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Brias on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 10th 2008.