- Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
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Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
Administration Country France Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais Department Pas-de-Calais Arrondissement Béthune Canton Houdain Intercommunality Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois Mayor Jacques Miniot
(2008–2014)Statistics Elevation 91–181 m (299–594 ft)
(avg. 150 m/490 ft)Land area1 5.56 km2 (2.15 sq mi) Population2 1,415 (2006) - Density 254 /km2 (660 /sq mi) INSEE/Postal code 62540/ 62620 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. Coordinates: 50°27′10″N 2°35′09″E / 50.4527777778°N 2.58583333333°E
Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography
Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Béthune and 35 miles (56.3 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72, D301 and D179 roads.
Population
Historical population of Maisnil-lès-Ruitz 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 1284 1287 1205 1192 1235 1215 1415 From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. Places of interest
- An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
- The church of St. Sébastien, dating from the seventeenth century.
See also
References
External links
Categories:- Communes of Pas-de-Calais
- Pas-de-Calais geography stubs
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