Achiet-le-Grand

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Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 2°46′00″E / 50.1313888889, 2.78333333333

Commune of Achiet-le-Grand
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Mayor	Michel FICHEUX
Statistics
Elevation	104 m–136 m (avg. 117 m)
Land area¹	5,08 km²
Population² (1999)	1016
- Density	200/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62005/ 62121
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Achiet-le-Grand is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 12 miles (19km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. The SNCF railway has a station here.

[edit] History

The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume (1871), during the Franco-Prussian War.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
754	774	787	890	948	1016
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.John, dating from the 20th century.
• A World War I cemetery.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• The World War I cemetery
• A personal website about Achiet-le-Grand
• Achiet-le-Grand on the Insee website (French)
• Achiet-le-Grand on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 31st 2008.