Sailly-en-Ostrevent

French commune
name= Sailly-en-Ostrevent
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vitry-en-Artois
insee=62734
cp=62490
maire=Anne-Sophie Deroubaix
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Osartis
longitude=2.99472222222
latitude=50.2891666667
alt moy=48 m
alt mini=38 m
alt maxi=74 m
hectares=743
km²=7,43
sans=647
date-sans=1999
dens=87|

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

Geography

A farming village some Convert|12|mi|km|0 east of Arras, at the junction of the D39 and D43 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Albin, rebuilt along with much of the village after World War I.
* The stone circle of Bonnettes.
In the fields of the commune stands a mound about five metres high, on which are erected five (there were once seven) large stones (dolmen or menhir). The last excavations took place in 1887 but no clues or evidence was discovered as to the origins of the monument.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27221&req=Sailly-en-Ostrevent Sailly-en-Ostrevent on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 2nd 2008."