Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bertincourt
Intercommunality	Canton of Bertincourt
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Gorguet
Area1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	561
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62096 / 62124
Elevation	79–123 m (259–404 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arras on the D18E road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	550	—
1968	566	+2.9%
1975	536	−5.3%
1982	482	−10.1%
1990	516	+7.1%
1999	541	+4.8%
2009	561	+3.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Géri, rebuilt, like most of the village, after 1918.
• Vestiges of an old castle.
• Two World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The cemetery at Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
• The cemetery at Beaumetz crossroads
• Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai on the Quid website (French)