Monchy-le-Preux






For the hamlet in the Seine-Maritime department, see Monchy-le-Preux (hamlet).

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France


































































Monchy-le-Preux

Commune

Stone marking the limit of the German advance in World War I
Stone marking the limit of the German advance in World War I



Coat of arms of Monchy-le-Preux
Coat of arms




Monchy-le-Preux is located in France

Monchy-le-Preux

Monchy-le-Preux





Location within Hauts-de-France region


Monchy-le-Preux is located in Hauts-de-France

Monchy-le-Preux

Monchy-le-Preux







Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942
Country
France
Region
Hauts-de-France
Department
Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement
Arras
Canton
Arras-2
Intercommunality
Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
 • Mayor .mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}
(2008–2014)

Michel Zéchel
Area1
9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)2
518
 • Density
56/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (CEST)

INSEE/Postal code
62582 /62118
Elevation
52–113 m (171–371 ft)
(avg. 107 m or 351 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.

Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.




Contents






  • 1 Geography


  • 2 History


  • 3 Population


  • 4 Places of interest


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 External links





Geography


Monchy-le-Preux is situated 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D339 roads. Junction 15 of the A1 autoroute is just a mile away.



History


Monchy was an important strategic position near to Arras during the 1914-18 war and bloody fighting ensued around the village. During the Battle of Arras it was from here that the Germans bombarded Arras and destroyed the belltower. Just outside Monchy, on the D939, a carved Vauthier Stone marks the boundary of the advancing German army during the First World War.



Population

























Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
437 465 423 455 487 521 518

Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates


Places of interest



  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

  • The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with much of the village, after World War I.


  • Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial commemorating the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment on 14 April 1917.

  • Two chapels.

  • Remains of an old chateau.






  • The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment







  • The commemorative plaque






See also


  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


References


  • INSEE commune file




External links







  • The CWGC cemetery


  • Monchy-le-Preux on the Quid website (in French)










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