Grévillers
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| Grévillers | ||
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  Grévillers | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Grévillers | ||
| Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°48′43″E / 50.1064°N 2.8119°ECoordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°48′43″E / 50.1064°N 2.8119°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Bapaume | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Paul Lequette | |
| Area | ||
| • Land1 | 6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi) | |
| Population (1999) | ||
| • Population2 | 331 | |
| • Population2 Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62387 / 62450 | |
| Elevation |
108–136 m (354–446 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 ft) | |
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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. | ||
Grévillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.
Geography
A farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D10 and three small roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 363 | 362 | 331 | 330 | 326 | 331 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
- Memorial to General Aubert Frere, born here in 1881.
See also
References
External links
- The CWGC cemetery at Grévillers
- South Africans buried in Grevillers British Cemetery
- The memorial to Gen. Frere (French)
- Grévillers on the Quid website (French)
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