Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Coordinates: 50°07′21″N 2°59′05″E / 50.1225°N 2.9847°E / 50.1225; 2.9847Coordinates: 50°07′21″N 2°59′05″E / 50.1225°N 2.9847°E / 50.1225; 2.9847
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bertincourt
Intercommunality	Canton of Bertincourt
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Philippe Gorguet
Area1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	561
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62096 / 62124
Elevation	79–123 m (259–404 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 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.

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Arras on the D18E road.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Géri, rebuilt, like most of the village, after 1918.
• Vestiges of an old castle.
• Two World War I cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai.

• The cemetery at Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
• The cemetery at Beaumetz crossroads
• Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai on the Quid website (French)