Rivière, Pas-de-Calais
Rivière | |
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 The church of Rivière | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Rivière  | |
  Rivière  Rivière | |
| Coordinates: 50°14′00″N 2°41′25″E / 50.2333°N 2.6903°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Avesnes-le-Comte |
| Intercommunality | CU Arras |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Gabriel Bertein[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.9 km2 (4.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 1,124 |
| • Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62712 /62173 |
| Elevation | 75–131 m (246–430 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Rivière (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ] ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3]
Geography
[edit]Rivière is a farming and light industrial village 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7, D30 and D34 roads.
History
[edit]The five hamlets of Bellacourt, Bellacordelle, Brétencourt, Grosville and Le Fermont became the commune of Rivière in 1789.
Population
[edit]The inhabitants are called Riviérois.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 963 | — |
| 1975 | 963 | +0.00% |
| 1982 | 1,102 | +1.94% |
| 1990 | 1,142 | +0.45% |
| 1999 | 1,122 | −0.20% |
| 2007 | 1,124 | +0.02% |
| 2012 | 1,129 | +0.09% |
| 2017 | 1,123 | −0.11% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
Places of interest
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- The church of St.Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
- The eighteenth-century château de Grosville and its parkland.
- Traces of a 13th-century castle at Brétencourt.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rivière (Pas-de-Calais).
- The CWGC cemetery at Bellacourt
- The CWGC cemetery at Le Fremont
- Official website of the commune of Rivière (in French)
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