Neuve-Chapelle

Neuve-Chapelle
Neuve-Chapelle
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Neuve-Chapelle
Coordinates: 50°35′04″N 2°46′52″E / 50.5844°N 2.7811°E / 50.5844; 2.7811Coordinates: 50°35′04″N 2°46′52″E / 50.5844°N 2.7811°E / 50.5844; 2.7811
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Laventie
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Morel
Area1	1.86 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,374
• Density	740/km2 (1,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62606 / 62840
Elevation	17–20 m (56–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 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.

Neuve-Chapelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915.

Geography

Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) northeast of Béthune and 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.

History

The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on March 10, 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps. It was later adopted by the County Borough of Blackpool and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1922.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Christophe, rebuilt, as was much of the commune, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials.
• The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial of the British Indian Army.
• Finds from the battlefield, in the mairie.

See also

• Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1915)
• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neuve-Chapelle.

• Website about the battle of Neuve-Chapelle
• The CWGC Indian memorial
• Neuve-Chapelle Farm CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC British cemetery
• The war memorial (French)
• Neuve-Chapelle on the Quid website (French)
• NB — All maplinks can be found by clicking on the coordinates link at the top of the page.