Bouvigny-Boyeffles

Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Coat of arms
Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Bouvigny-Boyeffles
Coordinates: 50°25′20″N 2°40′23″E / 50.4222°N 2.6731°ECoordinates: 50°25′20″N 2°40′23″E / 50.4222°N 2.6731°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Sains-en-Gohelle
Intercommunality	Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Viseux
Area^1	9.07 km^2 (3.50 sq mi)
Population (2009)^2	2,449
• Density	270/km^2 (700/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62170 / 62172
Elevation	68–192 m (223–630 ft) (avg. 116 m or 381 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.

Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Lens at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,869	—
1968	1,927	+3.1%
1975	2,049	+6.3%
1982	2,216	+8.2%
1990	2,317	+4.6%
1999	2,439	+5.3%
2005	2,581	+5.8%
2009	2,449	−5.1%

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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the Communaupole de Lens-Liévin (French)
• Bouvigny-Boyeffles on the Quid website (French)