Auchy-au-Bois

Auchy-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Auchy-au-Bois
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Auchy-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E / 50.5553°N 2.3719°E / 50.5553; 2.3719Coordinates: 50°33′19″N 2°22′19″E / 50.5553°N 2.3719°E / 50.5553; 2.3719
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Norrent-Fontes
Intercommunality	Artois-Lys
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Claudine Vincent
Area1	4.27 km2 (1.65 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	460
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62049 / 62190
Elevation	61–110 m (200–361 ft) (avg. 89 m or 292 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Auchy-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in a Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 11 miles (17.7 km) west of Béthune and 33 miles (53.1 km) west of Lille, at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Gilles, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The old towers of the Château de Fromental, now farm buildings.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Auchy-au-Bois.

• Article about Fromental farm (French)
• Auchy-au-Bois on the Quid website (French)