Grand-Rullecourt

Administration
Grand-Rullecourt

Chateau of Grand-Rullecourt


Grand-Rullecourt
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Grand-Rullecourt
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Mayor	Christiane Berton (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	129–172 m (423–564 ft) (avg. 140 m/460 ft)
Land area¹	10.71 km² (4.14 sq mi)
Population²	334 (1999)
- Density	31 /km² (80 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62385/ 62810
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Grand-Rullecourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Grand-Rullecourt is a farming village situated 15 miles (24.1 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D74 and D79 roads.

Historical population of Grand-Rullecourt
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	284	350	376	354	351	334
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The chateau, built in 1746 by Antoine-Constant de Hamel, next to the previous castle, to plans by Jean-Joseph de Watelet, mayor of the city of Arras. After the French Revolution, the chateau was sold as a national asset, (Antoine's son having died on the scaffold). His grandson bought it back but couldn't afford to keep it. It later belonged to Captain Wallerand de Hauteclocque, who was killed during World War I. After the war, the property was sold in parts. The present owners, Vicomte Patrice de Saulieu O'Toole and his wife Chantal, are currently restoring the main building.
The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
A network of underground tunnels, particularly under the church.