Monchy-le-Preux
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Vitry-en-Artois |
| Intercommunality | Communauté urbaine d'Arras |
| Mayor | Michel Zéchel (2008–2014) |
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| Elevation | 52–113 m (171–371 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft) |
| Land area1 | 9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi) |
| Population2 | 518 (2006) |
| - Density | 56 /km2 (150 /sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62582/ 62118 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E
Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
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Geography [edit]
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 [edit]
Monchy was an important strategic position near to Arras during the 1914-18 war and bloody fighting ensued around the village. 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 [edit]
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 437 | 465 | 423 | 455 | 487 | 521 | 518 |
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Places of interest [edit]
- 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 the 14th April 1917.
- Two chapels.
- Remains of an old chateau.
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The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment
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The commemorative plaque
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