Bouvigny-Boyeffles

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Bouvigny-Boyeffles

|commune status = Commune

|image = Eglise640.jpg

|caption = The church of Bouvigny-Boyeffles

|image coat of arms = Blason Bouvigny-Boyeffles.svg

|arrondissement = Lens

|canton = Bully-les-Mines

|INSEE = 62170

|postal code = 62172

|mayor = Maurice Viseux{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Lens-Liévin

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4222|2.6731|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 116

|elevation min m = 68

|elevation max m = 192

|area km2 = 9.07

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62170-bouvigny-boyeffles INSEE commune file]

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just {{convert|8|mi|km}} west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62170#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1927

|1975 |2049

|1982 |2216

|1990 |2317

|1999 |2439

|2007 |2449

|2012 |2447

|2017 |2403

}}

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

References

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