Barastre

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Coordinates: 50°04′39″N 2°55′00″E / 50.0775, 2.93333333333

Commune of Barastre
Location
Barastre (France)
Barastre
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bertincourt
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Canton de Bertincourt
Mayor Gislain Boury
(2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation 113 m–133 m
(avg. 119 m)
Land area¹ 7,64 km²
Population²
(1999)		 232
 - Density 30/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 62082/ 62124
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.
France

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

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[edit] Geography

A farming village located 19 miles (30km) southeast of Arras on the D20 road. The entire commune was destroyed during World War I.

[edit] History

During World 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 September 5th 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 the Croix de guerre in 1920.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
318 334 308 267 223 232
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

  • The ruins of a early castle.
  • The church of St.Martin, dating from the 20th century.
  • The war memorial.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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[edit] Notes

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