Cuinchy

Cuinchy
Cuinchy
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Cuinchy
Coordinates: 50°31′12″N 2°44′58″E / 50.52°N 2.7494°E / 50.52; 2.7494Coordinates: 50°31′12″N 2°44′58″E / 50.52°N 2.7494°E / 50.52; 2.7494
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Cambrin
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dominique Delecourt
Area1	4.15 km2 (1.60 sq mi)
Population (1999)2	1,666
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62262 / 62149
Elevation	19–35 m (62–115 ft) (avg. 21 m or 69 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.

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

Geography

A farming village some 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Béthune and 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D166E3 roads, by the banks of the Canal-d’Aire.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St.Pierre, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
• The war memorial.
• Three Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cuinchy.

• The Guards’ cemetery, Windy Corner
• Woburn Abbey CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery
• Cuinchy on the Quid website (French)