Oisy-le-Verger

Oisy-le-Verger
Oisy-le-Verger
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Oisy-le-Verger
Coordinates: 50°15′03″N 3°07′29″E / 50.2508°N 3.1247°ECoordinates: 50°15′03″N 3°07′29″E / 50.2508°N 3.1247°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Pierre Léger
Area^1	11.36 km^2 (4.39 sq mi)
Population (2206)^2	1,297
• Density	110/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Oisy-le-Verger 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

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1303	1328	1310	1278	1301	1260	1297
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

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

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Oisy-le-Verger on the Quid website (French)