- Burbure
French commune
name= Burbure
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Auchel
insee=62188
cp=62151
maire=René Hocq
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.46777777778
latitude=50.5391666667
alt moy=51 m
alt mini=33 m
alt maxi=98 m
hectares=553
km²=5.53
sans=2,909
date-sans=2007
dens=519
date-dens=2007Burbure is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village some convert|8|mi|km|1 west of
Béthune and convert|30|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D916 and the D182 roads.Population
Places of interest
* The Church of St.Gervais and Protais, dating from the
15th century , was expanded and renovated in1870 .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
* The war memorial. [ [http://perso.orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/b/burbure.html Pictures of the memorial] ]See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 12th 2008."External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=5505&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the Burbure communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26685&req=Burbure Burbure on the Quid website] fr
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