Hébuterne

Hébuterne

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Hébuterne

Coordinates: 50°07′34″N 2°38′11″E / 50.1261°N 2.6364°E / 50.1261; 2.6364Coordinates: 50°07′34″N 2°38′11″E / 50.1261°N 2.6364°E / 50.1261; 2.6364
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality Deux Sources
Government
  Mayor (20142020) Jean-Luc Tabary
Area1 11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population (2012)2 515
  Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 62422 / 62111
Elevation 114–156 m (374–512 ft)
(avg. 144 m or 472 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.

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

Geography

A farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D27 and the D28 roads.

History

Formerly within the ancient county of Artois, the village was redesignated within the new Department of the Pas de Calais after the French Revolution.

First World War

The rebuilt church

For most of the First World War, Hébuterne was in the front line of the Western Front and occupied by the Allied Forces entrenched on the eastern side of the village facing the Imperial German Army 800 yards beyond occupying the village of Gommecourt. In mid-summer 1916, the 56th (London) Division of the British Army carried out an attack from Hébuterne in an attempt to capture Gommecourt as a part of the Battle of the Somme offensive, which failed with severe losses.

By the war's end the village was a complete wreck due to the violence to which it had been subject during its front line career and it had to be completely re-built in the 1920s.

Population

Historical population of Hébuterne
Year1962196819751982199019992006200820112013
Population604575516486456465528559521515
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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