Ayette

Ayette (French pronunciation: [ajɛt]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.^[3]

Ayette
Commune
The church of Ayette
Coat of arms
Location of Ayette
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Coordinates: 50°10′30″N 2°44′02″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC du Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Fabien Tamayo[1]
Area 1	5.15 km2 (1.99 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	328
• Density	64/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62068 /62116
Elevation	97–139 m (318–456 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

A farming village located 9 miles (14 km) south of Arras at the junction of the D7 and D919 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	351	—
1975	336	−0.62%
1982	306	−1.33%
1990	335	+1.14%
1999	336	+0.03%
2009	313	−0.71%
2014	329	+1.00%
2020	324	−0.25%
Source: INSEE[4]

Sights

• L'Église Sainte-Libaire, rebuilt after 1918, along with the rest of the village.
• The CWGC maintains two cemeteries: The British Cemetery^[5] and the Indian and Chinese cemetery.^[6] There is also a British Cemetery in Douchy-lès-Ayette, about a kilometer to the west.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department