Monchy-le-Preux

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For the hamlet in the Seine-Maritime department, see Monchy-le-Preux (hamlet).

Monchy-le-Preux
Stone marking the limit of the German advance in World War I
Monchy-le-Preux
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Monchy-le-Preux
Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vitry-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Zéchel
Area
• Land¹	9.26 km² (3.58 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population²	518
• Population² Density	56/km² (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62582 / 62118
Elevation	52–113 m (171–371 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft)
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.

Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Monchy-le-Preux is situated 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D339 roads. Junction 15 of the A1 autoroute is just a mile away.

History

Monchy was an important strategic position near to Arras during the 1914-18 war and bloody fighting ensued around the village. It was from here that the Germans bombarded Arras and destroyed the belltower. Just outside Monchy, on the D939, a carved Vauthier Stone marks the boundary of the advancing German army during the First World War.

Population

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
437	465	423	455	487	521	518
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with much of the village, after World War I.
Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial commemorating the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment on the 14th April 1917.
Two chapels.
Remains of an old chateau.

The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment
The commemorative plaque

References

INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Monchy-le-Preux.

The CWGC cemetery
Monchy-le-Preux on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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