Ruitz
Ruitz
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Ruitz
Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E / 50.4683; 2.5903Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E / 50.4683; 2.5903
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Barlin
Intercommunality	Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-Louis Adancourt
Area1	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,541
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62727 / 62620
Elevation	43–111 m (141–364 ft) (avg. 62 m or 203 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.

Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography[edit]

Ruitz is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (57.9 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

Population[edit]

Places of interest[edit]

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the thirteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century chateau.

See also[edit]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[edit]

• INSEE commune file
• Ruisseauville project

External links[edit]

• Ruitz on the Quid website (French)