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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Pays de Saint-Omer

Area
  
14.63 km²

Arrondissement
  
Saint-Omer

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Fauquembergues

Population (2009)
  
596

Local time
  
Monday 3:43 PM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 23 km/h, 73% Humidity

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

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Map of 62960 Bomy, France

Its surrounded by the common Beaumetz-lès-Aire, Erny-Saint-Julien and Laires, Bomy is located 19 km southwest of Saint-Omer's largest city around.

Geography

A village situated 12 miles (19 km) south of Saint-Omer, on the D130 road.

Its surrounded by the common Beaumetz-lès-Aire, Erny-Saint-Julien and Laires, Bomy is located 19 km southwest of Saint-Omer, the largest city around.

Sights

  • The church of St. Vaast, dating from the thirteenth century.
  • The remains of the old chateau, where a truce between France and Spain was signed in 1537.
  • The present-day château. The building dates from 1755. It was confiscated during the French Revolution and sold for use as a sugar beet factory. It was sold again in 1839 to the Baron de Vilmarest.

    • References

    Bomy Wikipedia
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