Pelves

Disambiguation: pelves is also a plural alternative to pelvises.

Pelves
Pelves
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Pelves
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Osartis
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Renée Comelli
Area1	6.6 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	717
• Density	110/km2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62650 / 62118
Elevation	42–99 m (138–325 ft) (avg. 48 m or 157 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Pelves is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Pelves is situated 6 miles (10 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D33E and C4 roads, in the valley of the river Scarpe and just south of the junction of the A1 and the A26 autoroutes.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
554	573	607	653	785	716	727
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt along with the entire village, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC graves in the local cemetery
• Pelves on the Quid website (French)