- Bruay-la-Buissière
French commune
name= Bruay-la-Buissière
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Bruay-la-Buissière (chef-lieu )
insee=62178
cp=62700
maire=Alain Wacheux
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.54861111111
latitude=50.4819444444
alt moy=98 m
alt mini=30 m
alt maxi=106 m
hectares=1635
km²=16,35
sans=23,998
date-sans=1999
dens=1467|Bruay-la-Buissière is a commune and chief town of a canton in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
An ex-
coalmining town some convert|6|mi|km|1 southwest of Béthune and convert|30|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D57 and the N47 roads.History
The two places of Bruay-en-Artois and La Buissiere were joined as one commune in 1987.With 4
coal mines , it was the headquarters of the mining company. Thecoal mines closed during the 1960s, to be replaced by light industrial work and chemical factories.Population
Places of interest
* The
Hotel de Ville (Town Hall), 47m tall and built in 1927. The windows recount scenes from the lives of miners.
* TheArt Deco swimming pool, built in 1936 (the last remaining Art Deco pool open to the public)
* The Museum of mining.
* The Church of Saint Martin, dating from the 15th century, was expanded and renovated in 1974.
* Ballencourtmanor in La Buissière, was built in 1777. Partially renovated, it now hosts the music school.
* Thedonjon of the castle of La Buissière, built in 1310 byMahaut, Countess of Artois .
* The church at La Buissière, presently closed to the public for renovation work.
* The Velodrome at La Buissière built by the Bruay Mining Co., in 1925.
* The Museum of calculation and Scripture. Traces the history of writing and calculating machines such as the Enigma German coding machine.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=56200&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the Bruay-la-Buissière communal cemetery]
* [http://www.bruaylabuissiere.fr Official website of the commune] fr
* [http://www.bruay.info A website about the commune] fr
* [http://www.agglo-artoiscomm.fr/ The website of the Agglomération de l'Artois] fr
* [http://www.bruaysis.fr/ Website of the Communauté du Bruaysis] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26659&req=Bruay-la-Buissière Bruay-la-Buissière on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 11th 2008."
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