Berles-au-Bois

French commune
name= Berles-au-Bois
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Beaumetz-lès-Loges
insee=62112
cp=62123
maire= Michel Petit
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes des Vertes vallées
longitude=2.63
latitude=50.1975
alt moy=102 m
alt mini=105 m
alt maxi=159 m
hectares=890
km²=8,9
sans=485
date-sans=1999
dens=54|

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

Geography

A farming village located 11 miles (17km) southwest of Arras on the D62 junction with the D30 road.

Population

Places of interest

* Remains of a 13th century Château.
* The church of Saint-Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village after the ravages of World War I.
* Three Great War cemeteries.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=61800&mode=1 The churchyard extension cemetery at Berles]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=61801&mode=1 The field cemetery at Berles]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=61802&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery at Berles]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26610&req=Berles-au-Bois Berles-au-Bois on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 5th 2008."