Buissy

Buissy
Coat of arms
Buissy
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Buissy
Coordinates: 50°12′25″N 3°02′31″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Blary
Area1	6.87 km2 (2.65 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	242
• Density	35/km2 (91/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62184 / 62860
Elevation	47–91 m (154–299 ft) (avg. 58 m or 190 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.

Buissy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras on the D14 road, at the junction with the D19.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1962	247	—
1968	255	+3.2%
1975	212	−16.9%
1982	202	−4.7%
1990	216	+6.9%
1999	229	+6.0%
2009	242	+5.7%

Sights

• The church of St. Médard, dating from the sixteenth century
• The Quéant Road Cemetery, overseen by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Quent Road, Buissy
• Buissy on the Quid website (French)