Ruitz

Ruitz
Commune
The town hall of Ruitz
Location of Ruitz
Ruitz Show map of France Ruitz Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 50°28′06″N 2°35′25″E / 50.4683°N 2.5903°E / 50.4683; 2.5903
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[1]
Area 1	4.96 km2 (1.92 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,509
• Density	300/km2 (790/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 (French pronunciation: [ʁɥi]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

The trumpeter Alexis Demailly was born in Ruitz in 1980.

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.

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

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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