Achiet-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.[3]
Achiet-le-Grand | |
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Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 2°47′00″E / 50.1314°N 2.7833°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Arras |
Canton | Bapaume |
Intercommunality | Sud-Artois |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Patricia Copin[1] |
Area 1 | 5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 965 |
• Density | 190/km2 (490/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (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. |
Geography
editA 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
editAchiet-le-Grand is on the Paris–Lille railway. In 1871 it got a secondary rail connection to Bapaume, later extended to form the Achiet–Marcoing railway.
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.[4][5]
Population
editYear | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 774 | — |
1975 | 787 | +0.24% |
1982 | 890 | +1.77% |
1990 | 948 | +0.79% |
1999 | 1,016 | +0.77% |
2007 | 1,053 | +0.45% |
2012 | 1,036 | −0.32% |
2017 | 988 | −0.94% |
Source: INSEE[6] |
Sights
edit- The church of St.John, dating from the twentieth century.
- A World War I cemetery.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "French twinning steams ahead". Hemel Hempstead Gazette. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ "Twinning of Kings Langley and Achiet-le-Grand is 'just the beginning'". watfordobersver.co.uk. Newsquest (London and Essex). 11 November 2009. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Achiet-le-Grand.
- The World War I cemetery
- South Africans buried in Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
- A personal website about Achiet-le-Grand
- Achiet-le-Grand during WW1
- Official communal website (fr)