Bus-lès-Artois
Bus -lès -Artois ( Picard: Beu -lès- Artoé ) is a northern French village with 144 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Somme in the Picardie region. The municipality belongs to the canton Acheux -en- Amiénois and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot.
Geography
The municipality is situated on the D176 road between Thièvre Territory to the west and Mailly- Maillet to the east about four kilometers north of Acheux -en- Amiénois.
History
The 1168 mentioned under the name Bosci community received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.
Population
Management
Mayor ( maire ) since 2001 Philippe Rouvillain.
Attractions
- The 1804 restored after a fire in Saint-Pierre church with gothic elements from the 15th century.
- Dating back to the Middle Ages, in 1848 converted castle with a chapel.
- Monument of the city of Leeds to take up the soldiers in the First World War.
- The British military cemetery.