Ruitz

Ruitz
Ruitz
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Ruitz
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Adancourt
Area1	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,541
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62727 / 62620
Elevation	43–111 m (141–364 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 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.

Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Ruitz is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (57.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
948	1016	1035	1426	1594	1582	1541
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file
• Ruisseauville project

External links

• Ruitz on the Quid website (French)