- Billy-Berclau
French commune
name= Billy-Berclau
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Douvrin
insee=62132
cp=62138
maire= Daniel Delcroix
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
longitude=2.86833333333
latitude=50.5197222222
alt moy=24 m
alt mini=17 m
alt maxi=27 m
hectares=741
km²=7,41
sans=4259
date-sans=1999
dens=574|Billy-Berclau is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A small town convert|10|mi|km|1 east of Béthune and convert|12|mi|km|1 southwest of
Lille , at the junction of the D163 and N47 roads, surrounded by the Canal d’Aire. Light industry and a little farming have replaced the coal mining of the past.History
The city was completely destroyed during the
First World War .
OnMarch 27 th,2003 , an explosion at thedynamite factory killed 4 people.Population
Places of interest
* The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was most of the town, after the
First World War .
* The remains of a Prévôté building (once belonging to an abbey)..
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* A GermanWorld War I cemetery.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.billy-berclau.fr/ Official website of Billy-Berclau] fr
* [http://www.artoiscomm.fr/ Website about Artois] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027236&mode=1 The CWGC at the communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26630&req=Billy-Berclau Billy-Berclau on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.agglo-artoiscomm.fr/ Website of the Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 11th 2008."
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