Gouy-en-Artois

Gouy-en-Artois
Coat of arms
Gouy-en-Artois
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Gouy-en-Artois
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Véronique de Witasse-Thezy
Area1	10.11 km2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	375
• Density	37/km2 (96/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62379 / 62123
Elevation	97–153 m (318–502 ft) (avg. 113 m or 371 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.

Gouy-en-Artois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 9 miles (14.5 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D66 and D34 roads.

Population

Historical population of Gouy-en-Artois

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	448	437	407	386	383	375
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Armand, dating from the eighteenth century.
• A seventeenth century farmhouse..
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Gouy-en-Artois on the Quid website (French)