Troisvaux

Troisvaux
Coat of arms
Troisvaux
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Troisvaux
Coordinates: 50°24′09″N 2°20′37″E / 50.4025°N 2.3436°E / 50.4025; 2.3436Coordinates: 50°24′09″N 2°20′37″E / 50.4025°N 2.3436°E / 50.4025; 2.3436
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Saint-Polois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Charles Torchy
Area1	6.18 km2 (2.39 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	302
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62831 / 62130
Elevation	85–157 m (279–515 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 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.

Troisvaux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Troisvaux lies north of St. Pol, 21 miles (33.8 km) west of Arras, on the D87 road.

Population

Places of interest

• The trappist abbey of Belval
• The church of St. Vaast, dating from the fifteenth century.
• The church of St. Jude and St. Simon, dating from the nineteenth century.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Troisvaux.

• The Abbey of Belval at Troisvaux (French)
• The CWGC communal cemetery
• Troisvaux on the Quid website (French)