Clary, Nord
| Clary | ||
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| Commune | ||
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  Clary Location within Hauts-de-France region  Clary | ||
| Coordinates: 50°04′41″N 3°24′03″E / 50.0781°N 3.4008°ECoordinates: 50°04′41″N 3°24′03″E / 50.0781°N 3.4008°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Nord | |
| Arrondissement | Cambrai | |
| Canton | Le Cateau-Cambrésis | |
| Intercommunality | l'Espace Sud Cambrésis | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Gérard Taisne | |
| Area1 | 9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999)2 | 1,094 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (290/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 59149 /59225 | |
| Elevation |
115–152 m (377–499 ft) (avg. 123 m or 404 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Clary is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.
Heraldry
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The arms of Clary are blazoned : Azure, 7 bezants (3,3,1) and a chief Or. (Clary and Illies use the same arms.) |
World War I
The commune was liberated from German occupation by 5th/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, on 9 October 1918. The Place de la Mairie was renamed Place des Ecossais in their honour. When King George V visited Clary in November 1918, the same battalion was drawn up in the place to welcome him. Among those liberated was a British soldier who had been in hiding since the Battle of Le Cateau in August 1914.[1][2]
See also
Notes
References
- INSEE commune file
- Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol V, 26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 1-870423-06-2.
- Lt-Col Graham Seton-Hutchinson, The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders, 1915–1919, London: Waterlow & Sons 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84342-995-1.
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