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Ruitz

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{{Infobox French commune

|name = Ruitz

|commune status = Commune

|image = Ruitz - Mairie.JPG

|caption = The town hall of Ruitz

|image coat of arms =

|arrondissement = Béthune

|canton = Nœux-les-Mines

|INSEE = 62727

|postal code = 62620

|mayor = Jean-Pierre Sansen{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane

|coordinates = {{coord|50.4683|2.5903|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 62

|elevation min m = 43

|elevation max m = 111

|area km2 = 4.96

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

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

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

}}

Ruitz ({{IPA|fr|ʁɥi}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62727-ruitz INSEE commune file]

The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980.

Geography

Ruitz is situated about {{convert|5|mi|km}} southwest of Béthune and {{convert|36|mi|km}} southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

Population

{{Historical populations

| 1968|1016

| 1975|1035

| 1982|1426

| 1990|1594

| 1999|1582

| 2007|1486

| 2012|1518

| 2017|1583

| source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62727#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

| percentages = pagr

| align = none

}}

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Maurice, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

References

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{{Pas-de-Calais communes}}

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Category:Communes of Pas-de-Calais

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