Brebières
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The Place des héros, in Brebières
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Brebières
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| Coordinates: 50°20′15″N 3°01′25″E / 50.3375°N 3.0236°ECoordinates: 50°20′15″N 3°01′25″E / 50.3375°N 3.0236°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Brebières | |
| Intercommunality | Osartis | |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Jean-Pierre Hecquet | |
| Area1 | 10.8 km2 (4.2 sq mi) | |
| Population (2009)2 | 4,910 | |
| • Density | 450/km2 (1,200/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62173 /62117 | |
| Elevation | 25–48 m (82–157 ft) (avg. 43 m or 141 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Brebières is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
A farming and light industrial town located 12 miles (19 km) east of Arras on the N50 road, at the junction with the D44 and D307, by the banks of the Scarpe river. A celebration of the potato takes place annually on the 1st Sunday in September.
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