- Auchy-au-Bois
French commune
name= Auchy-au-Bois
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Norrent-Fontes
insee=62049
cp=62190
maire=Claudine Vincent
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.37194444444
latitude=50.5552777778
alt moy=89 m
alt mini=61 m
alt maxi=110 m
hectares=427
km²=4,27
sans=414
date-sans=1999
dens=96|Auchy-au-Bois is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated convert|11|mi|km|1 west of Béthune and convert|33|mi|km|1 west of
Lille , at the junction of the D94 and the D341 roads.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Gilles, dating from the
17th century .
* The old towers of the chateau de Fromental, now farm buildings.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.echo62.com/article.asp?num_art=379 Article about Fromental farm] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26548&req=Auchy-au-Bois Auchy-au-Bois on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 10th 2008."
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