Achiet-le-Grand

Achiet-le-Grand
Commune
The church of Achiet-le-Grand

Coat of arms
Achiet-le-Grand
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Achiet-le-Grand
Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 2°47′00″E / 50.1314°N 2.7833°E / 50.1314; 2.7833Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 2°47′00″E / 50.1314°N 2.7833°E / 50.1314; 2.7833
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bapaume
Intercommunality Sud-Artois
Government
 • Mayor (2014-2020) Bernard de Reu
Area1 5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population (2014)2 1,017
 • Density 200/km2 (520/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 62005 /62121
Elevation 104–136 m (341–446 ft)
(avg. 117 m or 384 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.

Achiet-le-Grand is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. The SNCF railway has a station here.

History

The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume (1871), during the Franco-Prussian War.

The village was twinned with Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, England in November 2009, in honour of Christopher Cox VC from that village who won a Victoria Cross in fighting near Achiet-le-Grand in World War I.[1][2]

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1962754—    
1968774+2.7%
1975787+1.7%
1982890+13.1%
1990948+6.5%
19991,016+7.2%
20091,074+5.7%
20141,017−5.3%

Sights

  • The church of St.John, dating from the twentieth century.
  • A World War I cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

  1. ↑ "French twinning steams ahead". Hemel Hempstead Gazette. 9 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Twinning of Kings Langley and Achiet-le-Grand is 'just the beginning'". watfordobersver.co.uk. Newsquest (London and Essex). November 11, 2009. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
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