Villers-au-Bois

French commune
name= Villers-au-Bois
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vimy
insee=62854
cp=62144
maire= Jean-Pierre Blancart
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.67222222222
latitude=50.3738888889
alt moy=146 m
alt mini=99 m
alt maxi=162 m
hectares=520
km²=5,2
sans=429
date-sans=2005
dens=82|

Villers-au-Bois is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village, surrounded by woodland, situated some convert|8|mi|km|1 northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D65 and D58 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church, dating from the 16th century.
* The large Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Official website of the Communauté de communes] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=5900&mode=1 Villers Station CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27338&req=Villers-au-Bois Villers-au-Bois on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 7th 2008."