Brebières | |
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 ThePlace des héros, in Brebières | |
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 Location of Brebières | |
  Brebières  Brebières | |
| Coordinates:50°20′15″N3°01′25″E / 50.3375°N 3.0236°E /50.3375; 3.0236 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Brebières |
| Intercommunality | CC Osartis Marquion |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Lionel David[1] |
Area 1 | 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 5,210 |
| • Density | 482/km2 (1,250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62173 /62117 |
| Elevation | 25–48 m (82–157 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Brebières is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in theHauts-de-Franceregion in northernFrance.[3]
This farming and light industrial town is located 12 miles (19 km) east ofArras on theN50 road, at the junction with the D44 and D307, by the banks of theScarpe river.
A celebration of thepotato takes place annually on the first Sunday in September.
Evidence of occupation fromMerovingian times has been unearthed. In 2008, during the creation of the 60 hectare Bèliersindustrial zone, three important archaeological sites, once occupied byGauls andCelts, were discovered. Finds include the residue ofironsmelting, glass beads, pottery and bones of both animals and humans.[4]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 4,238 | — |
| 1975 | 4,285 | +0.16% |
| 1982 | 4,307 | +0.07% |
| 1990 | 4,324 | +0.05% |
| 1999 | 4,424 | +0.25% |
| 2007 | 4,929 | +1.36% |
| 2012 | 4,866 | −0.26% |
| 2017 | 5,023 | +0.64% |
| 2018 | 5,083 | +1.19% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
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