Oisy-le-Verger

Oisy-le-Verger
Commune
The church of Oisy-le-Verger
Coat of arms
Location of Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger Oisy-le-Verger
Coordinates: 50°15′03″N 3°07′29″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Osartis Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marie-Christine Guenot
Area 1	11.36 km2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	1,188
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62638 /62860
Elevation	32–77 m (105–253 ft) (avg. 78 m or 256 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Oisy-le-Verger (French pronunciation: [wazi lə vɛʁʒe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Oisy-le-Verger is a farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D14 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,328	—
1975	1,310	−0.19%
1982	1,278	−0.35%
1990	1,301	+0.22%
1999	1,260	−0.36%
2007	1,285	+0.25%
2012	1,251	−0.53%
2017	1,217	−0.55%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St. Didier, dating from the twentieth century.
• Traces of an old castle and watermill.
• Remains of the Cistercian abbey founded in 1227.
• A pre-Roman menhir.
• The museum, housed in the mairie (town hall).

Town hall of Oisy-le-Verger

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department