Bouvigny-Boyeffles Explained

Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Bouvigny-Boyeffles.svg
Arrondissement:	Lens
Canton:	Bully-les-Mines
Insee:	62170
Postal Code:	62172
Mayor:	Maurice Viseux^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	CA Lens-Liévin
Coordinates:	50.4222°N 2.6731°W
Elevation M:	116
Elevation Min M:	68
Elevation Max M:	192
Area Km2:	9.07

Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[2]

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8miles west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Sights

• The church of St. Marin, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The modern church of St. Martin.
• The eighteenth-century chateau of Boyeffles.
• The radio and TV transmitter.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin

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/COM62170-bouvigny-boyeffles INSEE commune file