Cuinchy

Cuinchy
Cuinchy
	Commune
	The town hall of Cuinchy
	Coat of arms
	Location of Cuinchy
	Cuinchy Cuinchy
	Coordinates: 50°31′12″N 2°44′58″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Douvrin
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Delecourt
Area 1	4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (2017-01-01)[1]	1,741
• Density	420/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62262 /62149
Elevation	19–35 m (62–115 ft) ; (avg. 21 m or 69 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cuinchy [kɥɛ̃ʃi] is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Béthune and 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D166E3 roads, by the banks of the Canal-d’Aire.

History

The village was the source of the de Quincy family, who played a major part in the history of medieval England and Scotland.[2]

During the First World War, Cuinchy was on the front line between German and Allied forces and severely damaged. After the war, the church of St. Pierre was rebuilt, as was most of the village. Cuinchy also was the site of sustained underground fighting between German and British tunneling units.

Population

Historical population of Cuinchy
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	1340	1420	1538	1551	1646	1666
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The rebuilt church of St.Pierre
The war memorial
Three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries

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References

"Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
Oram, Richard D. (22 September 2005), "Quincy, Saer de, earl of Winchester (d. 1219)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22967

INSEE commune file

External links

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

[2] Oram, Richard D. (22 September 2005), "Quincy, Saer de, earl of Winchester (d. 1219)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22967