Rouvroy, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Rouvroy
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Rouvroy
insee=62724
cp=62320
maire=Jean Haja
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin
longitude=2.90444444444
latitude=50.3941666667
alt moy=55 m
alt mini=36 m
alt maxi=57 m
hectares=642
km²=6,42
sans=9119
date-sans=2005
dens=1 415|

Rouvroy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming and light industrial town, convert|6|mi|km southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D40 and the D46 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The modern church of Saint-Géry-et-Saint-Louis, built to replace the original that was destroyed, along with most of the commune, during World War I.

Nearest communes

*Méricourt, west
*Billy-Montigny, north
*Hénin-Beaumont, northeast
*Drocourt, east
*Bois-Bernard, southeast
*Acheville, southwest

See also

*Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.ville-rouvroy62.fr/accueil.php Official town website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-henincarvin.fr/ Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27209&req=Rouvroy Rouvroy on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on September 1st 2008."