Roclincourt

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Village of Roclincourt
THE COAT OF ARMS OF ROCLINCOURT
In Pas-de-Calais
Position of Roclincourt
Geography
Status	Village
Department	Pas-De-Calais, Dep 62
District	District of Arras
Canton	Canton of Dainvilla
Code INSEE	62714
Postal Code	62223
Intercommunality	The community of communes of Artois
Latitude	50° 19’ 33” North
Longitude	02° 47’ 16”
Altitude	68 meters min, 111 meters max
Area	593 hectere
Demographics
Population	748
Communication
Roads	1km east of N17, 3.9 km from Autoroute A26
Rail	LGV Nord from Arras
Bus	Local service
Air	provincial Airport of Roclincourt

The Marie

Roclincourt | Latitude : 50.316667 | Longitude : 2.783333, is a small village in the département of Pas-de-Calais(62), France. Situated 4 kilometres north of the Town of Arras, and 13 kilometres south of Lens, and approximately 110 kilometres from Calais. The population of the village is 748 (1999 figures). The town hall is in the Rue de Thulus and is open to the public.

1 TOWN HALL OPENING TIMES
2 LIST OF SUCCESSIVE MAYORS
3 THE FIRST WORLD WAR
4 Links

[edit] TOWN HALL OPENING TIMES

Day	Times
MONDAY	4pm to 6:30pm
TUESDAY	4pm to 6:30pm
WEDNESDAY	9am to 11:30am
FRIDAY	4:30pm to 7pm

Close to the village is a provincial Airport which is called Roclincourt and has the Airport ICAO code LFQD, were there is one runway that is 1025m in length and 60m wide.The Airfield is also home to a flying club called the Wings of Artois Association, see there web site at the links. During World War I the village was very close to the front and by the end of the conflict it had been completely destroyed. The village was then rebuilt. The village has excellent road links, being close to a junction on the A26 Autoroute which gives it good access to the whole of the European motorway networks.

[edit] LIST OF SUCCESSIVE MAYORS

identity	dates
Michel GODART	1995-2008
Michel DUEZ	1989-1995
Serge CHIROUX	1977-1989
Paul LEGLAND	1959-1967
Francois CHARON	1953-1959

[edit] THE FIRST WORLD WAR

Front Line to the North East of the Village

Roclincourt found itself uncomfortably close two most of the fighting during the 1914/1918 great war. With tragic consciences for the village. During the opening years of the war the near-by trenches were manned by French troops of the 10th Army. In February of 1916 the 10th army was sent to re-enforce Verdun which had been under heavy attack by the Germans. In its place in the Roclincourt sector, British troops of 5th Division, 95th Brigade, namely the 1st Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, who rotated every three days with the 1st Battalion of the East Surry Regiment. The British troops were surprised and not pleased to find the trenches along this sector to be in a very poor condition. The parapets were in a very poor state and there were insufficient firing platforms. It took these two battalions some time to get the trenches back up to a good standard. On the plus side, the area had become relatively quite, although there was a campaign of mining and counter-mining. To this day craters can still be found along the line of the front in this area. The line suffered from occasional bombardments from the German lines. Both the Devonshires and the East Surry’s suffered casualties due to these bombardments and members of both regiments can be found in the cemeteries around Roclincourt and Arras. Below are three such soldiers of the Devonshire Regiment that were all killed when a shell landed in there trench at Roclincourt on the 21st/24th April 1916.