Buire-le-Sec

French commune
name=Buire-le-Sec
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Campagne-lès-Hesdin
insee=62183
cp=62870
maire=Bernard Gillares
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Val de Canche et d'Authie
longitude=1.83277777778
latitude=50.3841666667
alt moy=80 m
alt mini=38 m
alt maxi=93 m
hectares=1336
km²=13,36
sans=788
date-sans=1999
dens=58|

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

Geography

A village situated some 5 miles (8km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D139 road.

Population

Places of interest

* The church.One of the most beautiful and oldest in the arrondissement of Montreuil. It was built in the 12th century, though all that remains of that church are the foundations. Some 13th century features remain, but mostly it is of 16th century construction (the nave and transept). It is in the form of a Latin cross and built from chalk. The dimensions are: 32 meters long, including 19m for the nave and 7m for the choir. The width of the choir and the nave is 6m, the transept 15.50m in total. The porch has ribbed vaulting.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.buire-le-sec.info Buire-le-sec website]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62183&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Buire-le-Sec on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Buire-le-Sec Buire-le-Sec on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 17th 2008."