Achiet-le-Petit

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Coordinates: 50°07′28″N 2°45′07″E / 50.1244444444, 2.75194444444

Commune of Achiet-le-Petit
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	Daniel Lavoisier (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	97 m–139 m (avg. 123 m)
Land area¹	7,25 km²
Population² (1999)	328
- Density	45/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62006/ 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-Petit 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 13 miles (21km) south of Arras, at the D27 and D9 road junction.

[edit] History

• In 1700, Charles Jacques Adrien de Mullet, seigneur of Wancquetin demolished the remains of the small castle, knocking down the motte and filled in most of the moat. He then build a chateau, using white bricks and stones, enclosed by large garden walls.
• In 1749 the castle was completed by the laying out of a wide terrace (500’ long by 40’ wide) on which there were two guns donated by Louis XV. During the French Revolution, the cannons were melted down and thrown down a well. In the 19th century, they were found and returned to the Diesbach family.
• In 1789, the castle was looted and destroyed during the Revolution, leaving no trace of the edifice. The stones and bricks of the castle were used by the locals to construct homes which were in turn destroyed during World War I.
• In the 19th century, the land stolen and sold during the French Revolution was restored to the Diesbach family.
• The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume (1871), during the Franco-Prussian War.
• After World War I, the town was awarded the Croix de guerre.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
309	358	358	355	348	328
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Martin, dating from the 20th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• A personal site about Achiet-le-Petit
• Achiet-le-Petit on the Insee website (French)
• Achiet-le-Petit on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

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