Ruitz

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Ruitz

(2020–2026) Jean-Pierre Sansen^[1]Area

4.96 km² (1.92 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,509 • Density300/km² (790/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

62727 /62620

Elevation43–111 m (141–364 ft)
(avg. 62 m or 203 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980.

Geography

Ruitz is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,016	—
1975	1,035	+0.27%
1982	1,426	+4.68%
1990	1,594	+1.40%
1999	1,582	−0.08%
2007	1,486	−0.78%
2012	1,518	+0.43%
2017	1,583	+0.84%
Source: INSEE^[4]

Places of interest

The church of St. Maurice, dating from the thirteenth century.
The eighteenth-century chateau.

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