Barastre | |
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 The church of Barastre | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Barastre | |
  Barastre  Barastre | |
| Coordinates:50°04′39″N2°56′00″E / 50.0775°N 2.9333°E /50.0775; 2.9333 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Bapaume |
| Intercommunality | CC du Sud-Artois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Gislain Boury[1] |
Area 1 | 7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 314 |
| • Density | 41.1/km2 (106/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62082 /62124 |
| Elevation | 113–133 m (371–436 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Barastre is acommune in thePas-de-Calaisdepartment in theHauts-de-Franceregion in northernFrance.[3]
A farming village located 19 miles (30 km) southeast ofArras on the D20 road. The entire commune was destroyed duringWorld War I.
DuringWorld War I, the village was occupied by British troops in March 1917, before being lost a year later to the Germans. The village was retaken on 5 September, following an advance by the 42nd British division (East Lancashire). Nearly 10 British soldiers are buried in this cemetery (one of whom was buried by the Germans in 1916). In the cemetery extension are the graves of 284 German soldiers, 46 French, 39 British, four New Zealanders and one Australian.The commune was awarded theCroix de Guerre in 1920.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 334 | — |
| 1975 | 308 | −1.15% |
| 1982 | 267 | −2.02% |
| 1990 | 223 | −2.23% |
| 1999 | 232 | +0.44% |
| 2009 | 249 | +0.71% |
| 2014 | 296 | +3.52% |
| 2020 | 319 | +1.26% |
| Source: INSEE[4] | ||
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