Riencourt-lès-Bapaume

French commune
name= Riencourt-lès-Bapaume
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Bapaume
insee=62708
cp=62450
maire=Jean Descamps
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
longitude=2.8825
latitude=50.0891666667
alt moy=135 m
alt mini=113 m
alt maxi=132 m
hectares=341
km²=3,41
sans=25
date-sans=1999
dens=7
date-dens=1999

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

Geography

A very small farming village Convert|19|mi|km|0 south of Arras, at the junction of the D11E and N17 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt along with all of the village after World War I.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 1 2008."

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=21002&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27193&req=Riencourt-lès-Bapaume Riencourt-lès-Bapaume on the Quid website] fr