Achiet-le-Grand | |
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 The church of Achiet-le-Grand | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Achiet-le-Grand | |
  Achiet-le-Grand  Achiet-le-Grand | |
| Coordinates:50°07′53″N2°47′00″E / 50.1314°N 2.7833°E /50.1314; 2.7833 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Bapaume |
| Intercommunality | Sud-Artois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Patricia Copin[1] |
Area 1 | 5.08 km2 (1.96 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 969 |
| • Density | 191/km2 (494/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62005 /62121 |
| Elevation | 104–136 m (341–446 ft) (avg. 117 m or 384 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Achiet-le-Grand (French pronunciation:[aʃjɛləɡʁɑ̃]) is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in northernFrance.[3]
A farming village located 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. TheSNCF railway has a station here.
Achiet-le-Grand is on theParis–Lille railway. In 1871 it got a secondary rail connection to Bapaume, later extended to form theAchiet–Marcoing railway.
The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of theBattle of Bapaume (1871), during theFranco-Prussian War.
The village was twinned withKings Langley in Hertfordshire, England in November 2009, in honour ofChristopher Cox VC from that village who won aVictoria Cross in fighting near Achiet-le-Grand in World War I.[4][5]
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 774 | — |
| 1975 | 787 | +0.24% |
| 1982 | 890 | +1.77% |
| 1990 | 948 | +0.79% |
| 1999 | 1,016 | +0.77% |
| 2007 | 1,053 | +0.45% |
| 2012 | 1,036 | −0.32% |
| 2017 | 988 | −0.94% |
| Source: INSEE[6] | ||
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
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