Gouves

Gouves
Coat of arms
Gouves
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Gouves
Coordinates: 50°17′56″N 2°38′12″E / 50.2989°N 2.6367°ECoordinates: 50°17′56″N 2°38′12″E / 50.2989°N 2.6367°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Val de Gy
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Alain Philippe
Area^1	2.64 km^2 (1.02 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	198
• Density	75/km^2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62378 / 62123
Elevation	72–124 m (236–407 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 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.

Gouves is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 6 miles (9.7 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D56 and C5 roads, in the valley of the small river Gy.

Population

Historical population of Gouves

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	102	93	95	179	174	198
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church (and the fountain) of St.Maclou, dating from the nineteenth century.
• Traces of an old castle.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website of the “Entente Gouvoise” (French)
• Gouves on the Quid website (French)