Quéant

Quéant
Commune
Quéant seen from next to the church
Coat of arms
Location of Quéant
Quéant Quéant
Coordinates: 50°10′48″N 2°59′03″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Osartis Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lancel
Area 1	9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi)
Population  (2006)	591
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62673 /62860
Elevation	62–102 m (203–335 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Quéant is situated 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D22 roads. Quéant Mountain is a mountain in Canada named after the town.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
615	632	561	548	506	549	591
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Leger, rebuilt after destruction in the First World War.
• The Quéant Road Cemetery, overseen by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line (1918)

References

• INSEE.fr, commune file

External links

• CWGC.org, The CWGC extension to the communal cemetery
• Quid.fr, Quéant on the Quid website Template:Fr