Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai

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]

Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Commune
The church of Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
Coat of arms
Location of Beaumetz-lès-Cambrai
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Coordinates: 50°07′21″N 2°59′05″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC du Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Yannick Membre[1]
Area 1	9.91 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	536
• Density	54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62096 /62124
Elevation	79–123 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.

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.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department