Bucquoy

Bucquoy
Coat of arms
Bucquoy
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Bucquoy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Croisilles
Intercommunality	Région de Bapaume
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Colle
Area1	20.8 km2 (8.0 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	1,567
• Density	75/km2 (200/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62181 / 62116
Elevation	105–154 m (344–505 ft) (avg. 124 m or 407 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bucquoy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	1,320	—
1968	1,344	+1.8%
1975	1,307	−2.8%
1982	1,253	−4.1%
1990	1,243	−0.8%
1999	1,218	−2.0%
2009	1,467	+20.4%

Sights

• The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, like most of the village, after destruction during World War I,
• The ruins of a 13th-century château.
• Queens Cemetery, Commonwealth War Graves Commission

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• The communal cemetery
• Bucquoy on the Quid website (French)