Vaudricourt, Pas-de-Calais

Vaudricourt
Vaudricourt
Location within Hauts-de-France region Vaudricourt
Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°37′33″E / 50.5025°N 2.6258°E / 50.5025; 2.6258Coordinates: 50°30′09″N 2°37′33″E / 50.5025°N 2.6258°E / 50.5025; 2.6258
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Nœux et environs
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Roger Valet
Area¹	2.99 km² (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	920
• Density	310/km² (800/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62836 / 62131
Elevation	29–52 m (95–171 ft) (avg. 45 m or 148 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.

Vaudricourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Vaudricourt is situated some 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Béthune and 25 miles (40.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D186 and D171 roads and by junction 6 of the A26 autoroute.

Population

Historical population of Vaudricourt, Pas-de-Calais
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	448	454	668	897	863	867	920
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the thirteenth century.
The nineteenth-century chateau.
A war memorial.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vaudricourt (Pas-de-Calais).

Vaudricourt on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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