Brias

Brias
Brias
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Brias
Coordinates: 50°24′34″N 2°22′56″E / 50.4094°N 2.3822°E / 50.4094; 2.3822Coordinates: 50°24′34″N 2°22′56″E / 50.4094°N 2.3822°E / 50.4094; 2.3822
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	Saint-Polois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Régis Mehl
Area1	7.74 km2 (2.99 sq mi)
Population (2009)2	297
• Density	38/km2 (99/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62180 / 62130
Elevation	122–166 m (400–545 ft) (avg. 160 m or 520 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.

Brias is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Arras on the N41 road, at the junction with the D81.

History

First mentioned in 1212, as the fiefdom of Gille de la Tourette. The château of Bryas served as headquarters for Marshal Foch during the Second Battle of Artois, in 1915.
The commune agreed to change the spelling of the name from Bryas in 1997.

Population

Sights

• The church of St. Martin
• The château, rebuilt between 1789 and 1805

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brias.

• Brias on the Quid website (French)