Rivière, Pas-de-Calais

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Rivière

(2020–2026) Gabriel Bertein^[1]Area

11.9 km² (4.6 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,124 • Density94/km² (240/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62712 /62173

Elevation75–131 m (246–430 ft)
(avg. 107 m or 351 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Rivière (French pronunciation: [ʁivjɛʁ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Rivière is a farming and light industrial village 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7, D30 and D34 roads.

History

The five hamlets of Bellacourt, Bellacordelle, Brétencourt, Grosville and Le Fermont became the commune of Rivière in 1789.

Population

The inhabitants are called Riviérois.

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	963	—
1975	963	+0.00%
1982	1,102	+1.94%
1990	1,142	+0.45%
1999	1,122	−0.20%
2007	1,124	+0.02%
2012	1,129	+0.09%
2017	1,123	−0.11%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St.Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
The eighteenth-century château de Grosville and its parkland.
Traces of a 13th-century castle at Brétencourt.
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE