Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Dolmens
Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Anne-Sophie Deroubaix
Area1	7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	679
• Density	91/km2 (240/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62734 / 62490
Elevation	38–74 m (125–243 ft) (avg. 48 m or 157 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.

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

Geography

Sailly-en-Ostrevent lies about 12 miles (19 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D39 and D43 roads.

Population

Historical population of Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	679	660	640	666	649	647	279
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.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

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Sailly-en-Ostrevent on the Quid website (French)

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  The mound

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  Another angle