Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

(2020–2026) Yannick Membre^[1]Area

9.91 km² (3.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

548 • Density55/km² (140/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62096 /62124

Elevation79–123 m (259–404 ft)
(avg. 121 m or 397 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai (French pronunciation: [bome lɛ kɑ̃bʁɛ], literally Beaumetz near Cambrai; Picard: Biaumés-lès-Kimbré) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village located 24 km (15 mi) southeast of Arras and 19 km (12 mi) southwest of Cambrai on the D18E road.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	566	—
1975	536	−0.77%
1982	482	−1.51%
1990	516	+0.86%
1999	541	+0.53%
2009	561	+0.36%
2014	608	+1.62%
2020	559	−1.39%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Sights

The church of St. Géri, rebuilt, like most of the village, after 1918.
Vestiges of an old castle.
Two World War I cemeteries.

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