Athies, Pas-de-Calais

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Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 2°50′13″E / 50.3030555556, 2.83694444444

Administration
Commune of Athies
Location

Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-Nord
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Mayor	Jean-Marc Parmentier (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	47 m–103 m (avg. 51 m)
Land area^¹	4,34 km²
Population^² (1999)	930
- Density	214/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62042/ 62223
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: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Athies is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Places of interest
5 See also
6 External links
7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A village located 2 miles (3km) east of Arras at the junction of the D37 and D42 roads.

[edit] History

Initially, Athies was called Atheiae, a word taken from Latin which means ’’hut’’, which indicates than it was a marshy area with shacks for fishermen or peat-gatherers.
In 1493, the village was looted and burned by German soldiers from the garrison of Arras.
A castle stood at the place now called "the Barony". The old church that was destroyed during the 1914-18 war had been built in 1786 just before the French Revolution. Whilst many churches were destroyed during this time, this new church was spared.
The village was invaded several times over the centuries, especially by the Spanish in the 17th century and was all but destroyed during World War I.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
669	695	697	719	969	930
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The Scottish Monument. Along the Arras - Douai road, the N50, stands a monument created on orders of officers of the 9th Scots Division in memory of the sacrifices made during the First World War.
The church of St.Christopher, dating from the 20th century.
The World War I cemetery.