Sailly-en-Ostrevent

Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Commune
	Dolmens
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°17′21″N 2°59′41″E / 50.2892°N 2.9947°ECoordinates: 50°17′21″N 2°59′41″E / 50.2892°N 2.9947°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Brebières
Intercommunality	CC Osartis Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Anne-Sophie Deroubaix
Area 1	7.43 km2 (2.87 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	705
• Density	95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62734 /62490
Elevation	38–74 m (125–243 ft) ; (avg. 48 m or 157 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Sailly-en-Ostrevent is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Sailly-en-Ostrevent lies about 12 miles (19 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D39 and D43 roads.

Population[]

Historical population of Sailly-en-Ostrevent
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	679	660	640	666	649	647	279
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest[]

The church of St. Albin, rebuilt along with much of the village after World War I.
The stone circle of Bonnettes.

In the fields of the commune stands a mound about five metres high, on which are erected five (there were once seven) large stones (dolmen or menhir). The last excavations took place in 1887 but no clues or evidence was discovered as to the origins of the monument.