Douchy-lès-Ayette

Douchy-lès-Ayette
Coat of arms of Douchy-lès-Ayette Coat of arms
Douchy-lès-Ayette
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Douchy-lès-Ayette
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Croisilles
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Charles Derue
Area1	5.5 km2 (2.1 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	312
• Density	57/km2 (150/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62272 / 62116
Elevation	92–147 m (302–482 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Douchy-lès-Ayette is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village 9 miles (14.5 km) south of Arras on the D7 road.

Population

Historical population of Douchy-lès-Ayette

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	286	309	288	295	321	312
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the destruction wrought by World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Douchy-lès-Ayette on the Quid website (French)