Achiet-le-Grand

Achiet-le-Grand
Achiet-le-Grand
	Commune
	The church of Achiet-le-Grand
	Coat of arms
	Location of Achiet-le-Grand
	Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Grand
	Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 2°47′00″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Bernard de Reu
Area 1	5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	988
• Density	190/km2 (500/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.

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.[2][3]

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
2006	1,048	—
2007	1,053	+0.5%
2008	1,057	+0.4%
2009	1,074	+1.6%
2010	1,068	−0.6%
2011	1,050	−1.7%
2012	1,036	−1.3%
2013	1,022	−1.4%
2014	1,017	−0.5%
2015	1,007	−1.0%
2016	997	−1.0%

Sights

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

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References

INSEE commune file

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
"French twinning steams ahead". Hemel Hempstead Gazette. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
"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.

External links

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[1] "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

[2] "French twinning steams ahead". Hemel Hempstead Gazette. 9 April 2009. Archived from the original on 15 April 2009. Retrieved 2009-04-13.

[3] "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.