Ruitz

Ruitz
Ruitz
Commune
	The town hall of Ruitz
	Ruitz Ruitz
	Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°ECoordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Nœux-les-Mines
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Pierre Sansen
Area 1	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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.

Ruitz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980.

Geography

Ruitz is situated about 5 miles (8.0 km) southwest of Béthune and 36 miles (58 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72 and D86e roads.

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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