Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°34′08″N 2°45′35″E / 50.5688, 2.759799

Commune of Richebourg
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas de Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais (sous-préfecture)
Arrondissement	Calais
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Mayor	Gérard Delahaye (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	16 m–20 m
Land area¹	17,31 km²
Population² (1999)	2 484
- Density	143,5/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62706/ 62136
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.

Richebourg is a commune of northern France, in the Pas-de-Calais département. It was formed on 21 February 1971 (arrêté of 21 February published in the Journal Officiel of 19 March) by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast (INSEE code 62707) and Richebourg-l'Avoué (INSEE code 62706).^[1] In 1916 it was the site of the Battle of the Boar's Head. Its mayor since March 2001 has been Gérard Delahaye.

[edit] Bordering communes

• arrondissement of Béthune :
  • in the canton of Cambrin :
    Festubert ;
  • in the canton of Béthune-Nord :
    La Couture and Vieille-Chapelle ;
  • in the canton of Douvrin :
    Violaines ;
  • in the canton of Laventie :
    Laventie, Lorgies and Neuve-Chapelle in the eastern part of the canton, and Lestrem in the western part of the canton, isolated from other communes ;
• in the arrondissement of Dunkerque (Nord département :
  • in the canton of Merville :
    La Gorgue.

[edit] Population

Évolution démographique (Source : INSEE^[2])

	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Richebourg-l'Avoué	1625	1631	1619	2006	2463	2484
Richebourg-Saint-Vaast	1 107
Nombre retenu à partir de 1990 : Population without double counting

According to the 1999 census, the total population, including those with a house here but residing elsewhere (doubles comptes), was then 2,535.

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