Bouvigny-Boyeffles
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines | |
| Community association | Lens-Liévin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 25 ′ N , 2 ° 40 ′ E | |
| height | 68-192 m | |
| surface | 9.07 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,403 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 265 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62172 | |
| INSEE code | 62170 | |
| Website | http://www.bouvigny-boyeffles.fr/ | |
 View of the place with the church |
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Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a French commune with 2,403 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality in the Arrondissement of Lens belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin and the canton of Bully-les-Mines (until 2015: canton of Sains-en-Gohelle ). The inhabitants are called Bouvéniens .
geography
Bouvigny-Boyeffles is located about 13 kilometers west of Lens in the Gohelle landscape . Bouvigny-Boyeffles is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Sains-en-Gohelle in the north, Aix-Noulette in the east, Ablain-Saint-Nazaire in the south-east, Guoy-Servins in the south, Servins in the west and south-west and Hersin-Coupigny in the west and north-west.
history
Remains of the Neanderthal man could be detected in the community. Settlement structures are also available for the Gallo-Roman period. At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, coal was mined in the municipality.
Population development
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,985 | 1.927 | 2,049 | 2,216 | 2,317 | 2,439 | 2,450 | 2,447 |
Attractions
- Saint-Martin church, built around 1820, bell tower from the 15th century
- Rectory, built in 1772
- Boyeffles Castle from the 18th century
- Boyeffles and Souplet breweries and malt houses, established in the second half of the 19th century
