Bouvigny-Boyeffles
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Bouvigny-Boyeffles is a commune
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Geography

An ex-coalmining area, but now a farming village, situated just 8 miles (12.9 km) west of Lens
Lens, Pas-de-Calais
Lens is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is one of France's large Picarde cities along with Lille, Valenciennes, Amiens, Roubaix, Tourcoing, Arras, and Douai.-Metropolitan area:...

at the junction of the D165 and D75 roads.

Population

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Marin, dating from the fifteenth century.
  • The modern church of St.Martin.
  • The eighteenth century chateau of Boyeffles.
  • The radio and TV transmitter

External links

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