Sailly-au-Bois

Sailly-au-Bois
Commune
A general view of Sailly-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Sailly-au-Bois
Sailly-au-Bois Sailly-au-Bois
Coordinates: 50°07′17″N 2°35′46″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Georgette Andrieu Mikolajczak
Area 1	9.28 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	294
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62733 /62111
Elevation	113–156 m (371–512 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sailly-au-Bois (French pronunciation: [saji o bwa]; Picard: Sailly-au-Bos) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Sailly-au-Bois lies about 18 miles (29 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D3 and D23 roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	334	—
1975	316	−0.79%
1982	293	−1.07%
1990	302	+0.38%
1999	265	−1.44%
2007	269	+0.19%
2012	297	+2.00%
2017	309	+0.80%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

• The church of St.John the Baptist, dating from the eighteenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• The CWGC military cemetery