Maisnil-lès-Ruitz

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Maisnil-lès-Ruitz

(2020–2026) Marcel Pruvost^[1]Area

5.56 km² (2.15 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,691 • Density300/km² (790/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62540 /62620

Elevation91–181 m (299–594 ft)
(avg. 150 m or 490 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Maisnil-lès-Ruitz (French pronunciation: [mɛnil lɛ ʁɥi], literally Maisnil near Ruitz) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is situated some 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Béthune and 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72, D301 and D179 roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,287	—
1975	1,205	−0.94%
1982	1,192	−0.15%
1990	1,235	+0.44%
1999	1,215	−0.18%
2007	1,431	+2.07%
2012	1,567	+1.83%
2017	1,680	+1.40%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

An eighteenth-century manorhouse.
The church of St. Sébastien, dating from the seventeenth century.

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