Plouvain

French commune
name= Plouvain
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vitry-en-Artois
insee=62660
cp=62118
maire=André Anjorand
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Osartis
longitude=2.92638888889
latitude=50.3069444444
alt moy=61 m
alt mini=42 m
alt maxi=71 m
hectares=241
km²=2,41
sans=460
date-sans=1999
dens=190|

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

Geography

A farming village situated Convert|5|mi|km|0 east of Arras, at the junction of the D42 and the D46 roads. The junction of the A1 and the A26 autoroutes is less than one mile away.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Anne, rebuilt along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission burials.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027507&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27148&req=Plouvain Plouvain on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 30th 2008."