Villers-au-Bois | |
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Coordinates: 50°22′26″N 2°40′20″E / 50.3739°N 2.6722°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Lens |
Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Bernadette Doutremepuich[1] |
Area 1 | 5.2 km2 (2.0 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 611 |
• Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62854 /62144 |
Elevation | 99–162 m (325–531 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Villers-au-Bois (French pronunciation: [vilɛʁ o bwa]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Villers-au-Bois is surrounded by woodland and situated some 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D65 and D58 roads.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 298 | — |
1975 | 311 | +0.61% |
1982 | 335 | +1.07% |
1990 | 369 | +1.22% |
1999 | 379 | +0.30% |
2007 | 437 | +1.80% |
2012 | 563 | +5.20% |
2017 | 568 | +0.18% |
Source: INSEE[4] |