Sailly-au-Bois

Sailly-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Sailly-au-Bois
Commune
A general view of Sailly-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Sailly-au-Bois
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Coordinates: 50°07′17″N 2°35′46″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Yves Pinson
Area ^1	9.28 km^2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	309
• Density	33/km^2 (86/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62733 /62111
Elevation	113–156 m (371–512 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Sailly-au-Bois lies about 18 miles (29 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D3 and D23 roads.

Population

Historical population of Sailly-au-Bois

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	307	334	316	293	302	265	270
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 of St.John the Baptist, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

• The CWGC military cemetery