Bullecourt
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| Commune of Bullecourt | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 2°55'43" E |
| Latitude | 50°11'35" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Région | Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Département | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Croisilles |
| Intercommunality | Arras |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 74m–104m (avg. 92m) |
| Land area¹ | 6.43 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
251 |
| - Density (1999) | 39/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62185/ 62128 |
| 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: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Bullecourt is a French commune in the département of Pas-de-Calais (62) and in the région of Nord-Pas-de-Calais.
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[edit] Situation
It lies between Arras and Bapaume and to the east of the A1 Autoroute, on the Upper Cretaceous plain of Artois. This satellite photograph shows Bullecourt just north-west of centre. Quéant is the larger village of the pair near the eastern edge. The The A1 and TGV line run up the western edge. The (now closed) railway line snakes from east to west.
[edit] Communications
Bullecourt lies in the triangle made by the A1, A2 and A26 Autoroutes and that made by the N17, N30 and D939 roads.
[edit] Administration
| Mandate | Name | Party | Background |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 2001 | |||
| Earlier data are not known. | |||
[edit] History
There were remains from the Gallo-Roman period and the village was mentioned under the name "Bullecortis", in 1096. It was a lordship of the Abbey of Mont St Eloi. The village has twice been completely destroyed: in 1543 and in 1917. Bullecourt is part of Australian, ANZAC history since the Battle of Arras in the spring of 1917, when Bullecourt lay at the southern end of the battle front. See Australian 4th Division (World War I). The 62nd Division was part of the same battle in the sector adjoining that of the ANZACs and facing the part of the Hindenburg Line which lay in the village itself. They returned to the sector formerly occupied by the Australians, later in May.
[edit] Heritage
While there were many bunkers and dugouts, from the period of the Hindenburg Line, there is also an underground shelter from the 17th century.
The church of St Vlaast was rebuilt after 1918.
There is a museum of objects collected from the periods of the world wars.
[edit] Economy and village life
The economy is one of general farming with the raising of beef. The village has an agricultural cooperative.
The village festival is held on the first Sunday of June and there is a festival in honour of the Australians on the last Saturday in April.
