Béthonsart

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Béthonsart

(2020–2026) Jean-Marc Cuvillier^[1]Area

4.21 km² (1.63 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

144 • Density34/km² (89/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62118 /62690

Elevation119–157 m (390–515 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Béthonsart (French pronunciation: [betɔ̃saʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

A small farming village located 12 miles (20 km) northwest of Arras on the D74.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	152	—
1975	127	−2.53%
1982	126	−0.11%
1990	141	+1.42%
1999	131	−0.81%
2009	167	+2.46%
2014	155	−1.48%
2020	143	−1.33%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

A seventeenth-century farmhouse.
The church of St. Elizabeth, dating from the sixteenth century^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Base Mérimée: Eglise, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)