Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais

Richebourg is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It was formed on 21 February 1971 by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast and Richebourg-l'Avoué.[2] In 1916 it was the site of the Battle of the Boar's Head.

Richebourg
Commune
The town hall of Richebourg
Coat of arms
Location of Richebourg
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Coordinates: 50°34′47″N 2°44′25″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Beuvry
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Gérard Delahaye
Area ^1	17.31 km^2 (6.68 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,622
• Density	150/km^2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62706 /62136
Elevation	16–20 m (52–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bordering communes

• Arrondissement of Béthune:
  • Festubert
  • La Couture
  • Vieille-Chapelle
  • Violaines
  • Laventie
  • Lorgies
  • Neuve-Chapelle
  • Lestrem
• Arrondissement of Dunkerque (Nord department:
  • La Gorgue

Population

Population history (Source : INSEE[3])

	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Richebourg-l'Avoué	1625	1631	1619	2006	2463	2484	2476
Richebourg-Saint-Vaast	1107
Starting in 1990: Population without duplicates

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Code officiel géographique, INSEE. (in French)
3. INSEE