Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais




Commune in Hauts-de-France, France



































































Gommecourt
Commune

The main road of Gommecourt
The main road of Gommecourt



Coat of arms of Gommecourt
Coat of arms


Location of Gommecourt







Gommecourt is located in France

Gommecourt

Gommecourt




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Gommecourt is located in Hauts-de-France

Gommecourt

Gommecourt




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Coordinates: 50°08′27″N 2°38′46″E / 50.1408°N 2.6461°E / 50.1408; 2.6461Coordinates: 50°08′27″N 2°38′46″E / 50.1408°N 2.6461°E / 50.1408; 2.6461
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality CC Sud-Artois
Government

 • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}
(2008–2014)
Michel Lecrivent
Area
1

 3.35 km2 (1.29 sq mi)
Population
(1999)2

 126
 • Density 38/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+02:00 (CEST)

INSEE/Postal code

62375 /62111
Elevation 124–155 m (407–509 ft)
(avg. 148 m or 486 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Gommecourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 History


  • 3 World War I


  • 4 Population


  • 5 Places of interest


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Geography


A small farming village situated 14 miles (22.5 km) south of Arras, on the D6 road.



History


Formerly within the ancient County of Artois, the village was redesignated within the new Department of the Pas de Calais after the French Revolution.



World War I


See also: Attack on the Gommecourt Salient

During most of the period of hostilities between 1914 and 1918 (World War I) Gommecourt was in the front line of the Western Front, occupied by the Imperial German Army, and was virtually destroyed as a result of the violence to which it was exposed.


The neighbouring villages of Hebuterne and Foncquevillers 800 yards or so to the west, being conversely in Allied forces occupation, were used as the bases for an assault upon it carried out by the British Army on 1 July 1916, as a part of the Battle of the Somme offensive, which resulted in a severe defeat for the attacking force.


The victorious German troops who defended the village during the battle were the 52nd Infantry Division from Baden together with 2nd Guards Reserve Division from Westphalia; the British troops taking part in the attack comprised the 56th (1/1st London) and the 46th (North Midland) Divisions.
The graves of the assaulting force's casualties are located in a number of local war cemeteries around the site, the graves of German casualties having been relocated further North after the war to the Neuville-St Vaast German war cemetery.



Population
























Historical population of Gommecourt, Pas-de-Calais
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
Population 150 169 132 132 116 126


Places of interest



  • The church of St Martin, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.

  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.



See also


  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


References


  • INSEE commune file




External links







  • The CWGC cemetery


  • Gommecourt on the Quid website (in French)











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