Beauvois, Pas-de-Calais explained

Beauvois
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Beauvois.svg
Arrondissement:	Arras
Canton:	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Insee:	62101
Postal Code:	62130
Mayor:	Philippe Tiquet^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CC du Ternois
Coordinates:	50.3756°N 2.235°W
Elevation M:	119
Elevation Min M:	100
Elevation Max M:	139
Area Km2:	2.68

Beauvois (in French pronounced as /bovwa/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[2]

Geography

A small village located 30 miles (50 km) west-northwest of Arras at the junction of the D104 with the D99 road.

Population

The inhabitants are called Beauvoisains in French.

Sights

• The church of St. Jean-Baptiste, dating from the nineteenth century.
• The statue of Dikembe Mutombo built in 1843.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/cog/commune/COM62101-beauvois INSEE commune file