Douchy-lès-Ayette

Douchy-lès-Ayette
Douchy-lès-Ayette
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Douchy-lès-Ayette
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Croisilles
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Mayor	Jean-Charles Derue (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	92–147 m (302–482 ft) (avg. 106 m/348 ft)
Land area1	5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population2	312  (1999)
- Density	57 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62272/ 62116
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°10′37″N 2°43′05″E / 50.1769444444°N 2.71805555556°E / 50.1769444444; 2.71805555556

Douchy-lès-Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Arras on the D7 road.

Population

Historical population of Douchy-lès-Ayette

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
286	309	288	295	321	312
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

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the destruction wrought by World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Douchy-lès-Ayette on the Quid website (French)