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Richebourg
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commune in Pas-de-Calais, France
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Richebourg is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of France, situated within the arrondissement of Béthune and the canton of Cambrin. It also belongs to the canton of Beuvry for electoral purposes. The municipality has a population of 2,687, comprising 1,302 males and 1,320 females. Its official names include Richebourg, Richebourg-l'Égalité, and Richebourg-la-Fraternité.
The commune covers an area of 17.31 square kilometers and sits at an elevation of 20 meters above sea level. It shares borders with La Gorgue, La Couture, Festubert, and Laventie. Richebourg received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award. The postal code for the area is 62136.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Richebourg is referenced by 917 other articles, and connects out to France, time zone and geographic coordinate system.
It is catalogued under the topic Communes of the Pas-de-Calais.
Its subject is documented across 44 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- Richebourg
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 0
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Pas-de-Calais
- Arrondissement
- Béthune
- Canton
- Beuvry
- Intercommunality
- CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
- Mayor 2020 2026
- Jérôme Demulier
- Area
- 17.31 km (6.68 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 2,687
- Density
- 155.2/km (402.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 62706 /62136
- Elevation
- 16–20 m (52–66 ft) , (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Richebourg-la-Fraternité
- Country
- France
- Population
- 2687
- Area
- 17.31
- Elevation
- 19
- Shares border with
- Violaines
- Official website
- www.richebourg62.com
- Image
- Richebourg (62) - Mairie.JPG
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- Commons category
- Richebourg (Pas-de-Calais)
- postal code
- 62136
- different from
- Richebourg
- associated electoral district
- canton of Beuvry
- male population
- 1302
- female population
- 1320
- P8168
- Coral Castle
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-61-90-30
- fax number
- +33-3-21-61-90-34
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Encyclopedic overview
Richebourg ( French pronunciation: [ʁiʃbuʁ] ; Picard: Ricquebourq) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It was formed on 21 February 1971 by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast and Richebourg-l'Avoué. In 1916, it was the site of the Battle of the Boar's Head.
Bordering communes
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Richebourg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.