Boyelles

Boyelles
Boyelles
Commune
	The old railway station
	Coat of arms
	Location of Boyelles
	Boyelles Boyelles
	Coordinates: 50°12′14″N 2°48′57″E / 50.2039°N 2.8158°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-3
Intercommunality	CU Arras
Government
• Mayor (2022–2026)	Charline Dumoulin
Area 1	4.25 km2 (1.64 sq mi)
Population (2022)	366
• Density	86/km2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62172 /62128
Elevation	70–107 m (230–351 ft) ; (avg. 79 m or 259 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Boyelles (French pronunciation: [bwajɛl]; Picard: Böyelle) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village located 6 miles (11 km) south of Arras on the N17 road. A celebration of the potato takes place annually on the 1st Sunday in September.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	188	—
1975	160	−2.28%
1982	247	+6.40%
1990	246	−0.05%
1999	234	−0.55%
2009	254	+0.82%
2014	343	+6.19%
2020	362	+0.90%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

The church of St. Leger, dating from the twentieth century.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.
^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

The CWGC cemetery

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 6 June 2023.

[popref2022-2] "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.

[3] INSEE commune file

[pophist-4] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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